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 |
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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). | |