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). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington [née Power]: “Sketches of Society. The Auction” in The Literary Gazette. Found 1.
Display Records
The Belle of a Season. Found 1.
Display Records
Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington. Found 17.
Display Records
The Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman. Found 1.
Display Records
The Confessions of an Elderly Lady. Found 1.
Display Records
Desultory Thoughts and Reflections. Found 1.
Display Records
The Governess. Found 1.
Display Records
Grace Cassidy; or, the Repealers. A Novel. Found 1.
Display Records
The Idler in France. Found 1.
Display Records
The Idler in Italy. Found 1.
Display Records
Journal of a Tour through the Netherlands to Paris, in 1821. Found 2.
Display Records
The Lottery of Life. Found 1.
Display Records
The Magic Lantern, or, Sketches of Scenes in the Metropolis. Found 4.
Display Records
Meredith. Found 1.
Display Records
Sketches and Fragments. Found 1.
Display Records “Sketches of Society. The Tomb” in The Literary Gazette. Found 1.
Display Records
Strathern, or, Life at Home and Abroad. Found 1.
Display Records
The Two Friends; a Novel. Found 1.
Display Records
The Victims of Society. Found 1.
Display Records |