Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. 4th ed., Downey, 1896.
16, 20
Edmund Power
Standard Name: Power, Edmund
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | Fourteen-year-old Margaret Power, later Marguerite Blessington
, was forced by her impecunious father
to marry Captain Maurice St Leger Farmer
in an Anglican ceremony. Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J., Jr Lovell, Princeton University Press, 1969, pp. 3-114. 10 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | Margaret's father, Edmund Power
, was an Irish squireen, or small landowner, of ancient family. He was handsome, violent, and alcoholic, with a love of sport, display, and entertaining that led him into debt. Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. 4th ed., Downey, 1896. 1-2 Feldman, Paula R., editor. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. John Hopkins University Press, 1997. 147 |
| Residence | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | Her family moved from Knockbrit to the town of Clonmel around 1797, when her father
left his estate as a result of financial mismanagement. Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. 4th ed., Downey, 1896. 5, 7 |
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