“. . . I had a great deal of Duncannon’s two eldest daughters [at
Lady Grey’s party]. Lord Kerry was in close attendance upon the
second, as it is said he always is, and
I trust he will marry her.”*
Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Fitzmaurice, countess of Kerry [née Ponsonby] (1814-1904)
The daughter of John William Ponsonby, fourth Earl of Bessborough; in 1834 she married
William Thomas Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry, and in 1845 the Hon. Charles Alexander
Gore. Sydney Smith wrote in 1835, “I am a convert to the beauty of Lady Kerry; her
smile is charming.”
John William Ponsonby, fourth earl of Bessborough (1781-1847)
The son of Frederick Ponsonby, third earl of Bessborough (d. 1844) and elder brother of
Lady Caroline Lamb; he was a Whig MP (1805-34), home secretary (1834-35), and
lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1846-47).
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Source Description:
Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
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