| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Earl of, 1782-1829 NRA: Gardiner Charles John (1782-1829) Earl of Blessington LBT ID: LdBless1 VIAF ID: 24434974 LOC ID: no2009008654 | B/BAP:   1782-07-19 DIED: 1829-05-25 | 
| SOURCES: DNB ["Countess of Blessington"]; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
| The son of Luke Gardiner, first Viscount Mountjoy, educated at Eton. After a second
                        marriage to Lady Blessington in 1818 he traveled on the Continent with his wife and Count
                        D'Orsay, residing in Naples and Paris. | |