Mary Catherine Ferguson

Mary Catherine Ferguson (1823–1905) was an author and biographer in Dublin, Ireland.

Life

She was born at Stillorgan, co. Dublin, in 1823, to Robert Rundell Guinness (1789-1857) and his first wife Mary Anne Seymour (died 1837). She was educated partly at home and partly at Woodside, Cheshire. Keenly interested from an early age in Irish art and archæology.[1]

On 16 August 1848, she married the lawyer and antiquarian Samuel Ferguson, becoming Lady Ferguson when he was knighted in 1878. Their circle of acquaintances included George Petrie and William Reeves.[1]

She died in Dublin on 5 March 1905, and was buried in her husband's grave at Donegore, co. Antrim. They had no children.[1]

Works

Her own interest in Irish art and archaeology produced The story of the Irish before the conquest. From the mythical period to the invasion under Strongbow (1868) and Lays of the Red Branch (1897).

Her works include a biography of her husband in two volumes,[2] Life of William Reeves, D.D., Lord Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1893, and she edited his papers after his death.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 O'Donoghue 1912.
  2. ↑ Sir Samuel Ferguson: In the Ireland of His Day; Kessinger 2006, ISBN 9781428605657
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: O'Donoghue, David James (1912). "Ferguson, Mary Catherine". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 12. 

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