Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington


The Countess of Blessington
Portrait of the Countess of Blessington by Thomas Lawrence, 1822
BornMargaret Power
(1789-09-01)1 September 1789
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died4 June 1849(1849-06-04) (aged 59)
Paris, France
OccupationNovelist, miscellaneous writer
Notable worksConversations with Lord Byron (1834)
SpouseCpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer
(m. 1804–1817; his death)
Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington
(m. 1818–1829; his death)

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (née Power; 1 September 1789 – 4 June 1849), was an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess.[1] She became acquainted with Lord Byron in Genoa and wrote a book about her conversations with him.[2]

  1. ^ The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, eds Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 104.
  2. ^ Conversations with Byron, 1834.