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   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.

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   Gardiner, Marguerite (Margaret) (1789–1849), countess of Blessington , writer, journalist, and society hostess, was born 1 September 1789 at Knockbrit, Co. Tipperary, the second daughter and fourth child of Edmund Power and his wife Ellen (née Sheehy), both from well-established catholic families.

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   Oct 25, 2017 · The colourful life of the Countess of Blessington, Ireland’s forgotten bestselling author. Clonmel’s Margaret Power went from battered child bride to Lord Mountjoy’s wife, salon hostess and...

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   Aug 28, 2024 · Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington was an Irish writer chiefly remembered for her Conversations of Lord Byron and for her London salon. Her father sold her into marriage at 15 to Captain Maurice St. Leger Farmer, a sadist from whom she fled after three months.

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6. www.geni.com › people › Margaret-GardinerMargaret Gardiner (Power) (1789 - 1849) - Genealogy - Geni.com

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   Oct 16, 2022 · May 04, 1849 (59) Cimetiere De Chambourcy, Ile-de-france Region, France. Immediate Family: Daughter of Edmund Power and Ellen Power. Wife of Charles John Gardiner, 1st and last Earl of Blessington. Sister of Ellen Anne Manners-Sutton; Robert Power; Mary Ann Power; Countess Blessington and Ellen Power. Managed by:

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   • Death Date: May 4, 1849

   • Birth Date: September 1, 1789

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   Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of (1789–1849) Irish author who published a number of popular novels of fashionable life and for many years presided over the most brilliant salon in London. Name variations: Marguerite Gardiner; Marguerite Power; Lady Blessington; Margaret, Sally.

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   Did Count D'Orsay marry Harriet Gardiner?

   • They also spent time in Florence with their friend Walter Savage Landor, author of Imaginary Conversations, which she greatly admired. It was in Italy, on 1 December 1827, that Count D'Orsay married Harriet Gardiner, Lord Blessington's only daughter by his former wife.

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   When did Maurice St Leger Farmer marry Marguerite?

   • The spendthrift multimillionaire, having also purchased the title Earl of Blessington, waited until Maurice St Leger Farmer fell to a horrible death in the Fleet Prison before marrying Marguerite on February 16th, 1816.

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   Forced by her parents to marry Captain Maurice St. Leger Farmer when she was fourteen, but their relationship ended after her husband moved to India. Married Charles John Gardiner (1st earl of Blessington) on 16 February 1818, following her husband’s death.