Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington [née Power]

(1789-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849 NRA: Gardiner Marguerite (1789-1849) nee Power author and hostess wife of 1st Earl of Blessington DNB: Gardiner [née Power; other married name Farmer], Marguerite [Margaret], countess of Blessington (1789-1849), author LBT ID: LyBless1 VIAF ID: 7567161 LOC ID: n86806871	B/BAP: 1789-09-01 DIED: 1849-06-04
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
After a separation from a first husband in 1818 she married the Earl of Blessington; they traveled on the Continent, meeting Byron in 1822; her best-known work, Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, originally appeared in the New Monthly Magazine (1832-33).
WRITINGS IN THE ARCHIVE: “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. I.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 35 (July 1832) 5-23 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. II.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 35 (August 1832) 129-46 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. III.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 35 (September 1832) 228-41 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. IV.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 35 (October 1832) 305-319 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. V.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 35 (December 1832) 521-544 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. VI.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 37 (February 1833) 214-222 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. VII.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 37 (March 1833) 308-318 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. VIII.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 38 (June 1833) 143-153 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. IX.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 38 (July 1833) 305-315 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. X.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 39 (September 1833) 33-46 “Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron. No. XI.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 39 (December 1833) 414-422