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Irish countesses by marriage

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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

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

Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel

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)

Countess of Castlehaven

Margaret Bingham

British painter and writer (1740–1814)

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

Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland

Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory

English countess

Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

English countess (c 1556-1632)