The sister of the dandy Edward “Golden Ball” Hughes (d. 1863), she was unhappily married to the Rev. Francis Lee (d. 1826); she was a writer, adventurer, publisher, and friend of the Countess of Blessington.

REFERENCES TO Catherine, Baroness de Calabrella [née Ball]:

Countess of Blessington to Peter George Patmore, 6 July 1844 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)