Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

The Right Honourable

The Countess of Blessington
Portrait of the Countess of Blessington by Thomas Lawrence, 1822
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.