Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Novelist and journalist
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, was an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess. She became acquainted with Lord Byron in Genoa and wrote a book about her conversations with him. Wikipedia
Born: September 1, 1789, Clonmel, Ireland
Died: June 4, 1849 (age 59 years), Paris, France
Parents: Edmund Power and Ellen Sheehy
Spouse: Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington (m. 1818)
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