Alexandrina Dawson-Damer, Countess of Portarlington

Alexandrina Octavia Maria Dawson-Damer, Countess of Portarlington (née Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane; 29 July 1823 – 15 January 1874) was an Irish aristocrat who was the wife of Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington and the daughter of Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

[a] She was the second daughter of Anglo-Irish nobleman Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, and, his second wife, Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest.

Her mother was the only daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet, and Anne MacDonnell, suo jure 2nd Countess of Antrim.

[3] On 2 September 1847, Lady Alexandrina was married to Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington (1822–1889), the son of Capt.

[3] Lady Portarlington converted to Catholicism in 1867 and died on 15 January 1874 at Emo Park, where she was also buried.

Portrait of Lady Portarlington, by James Godsell Middleton, c. 1847
Portrait of Lady Alexandrina on a grey horse, by Charles Hancock , 1845