Category
page 1Irish countesses by marriage
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Irish writer, editor (1789-1849)
Bess of Hardwick
notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
British historian (1906-2002)

Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster
British duchess (1731-1814); second of the famous Lennox sisters

Mary Rosse
British photographer (1813–1885)
Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork
courtier; occasional painter; (1699-1758)
Frances Walsingham
English countess

Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster
Irish noble
Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel
Irish Countess
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
British aristocrat, wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; younger sister of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1761-1821)
Anne Stanley
Countess of Castlehaven
Margaret Bingham
British painter and writer (1740–1814)
Mary Boyle
British literary hostess
Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse
British society hostess, mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart
Irish politician and company director (1857-1933)
Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde
Irish Countess

Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
French actress
Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory
English countess
Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury
English countess (c 1556-1632)
Margaret King
Irish writer