Margaret Grey Porter

Margaret Grey Porter (died 1881) was an Irish philanthropist who developed and established Carrickmacross lace.

Life Margaret Grey Porter was born Margaret Lavinia Lindsey the eldest daughter of gentleman, Thomas Lindsey, and the daughter of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan, Lady Margaret. She had 3 brothers and 4 sisters. She married Reverend John Grey Porter (1789–1871) in 1816. He was the rector of Kilskeery, County Monaghan from 1814 to 1871. John Grey Porter was the son of the bishop of Clogher, John Porter. There were a very wealthy family, with John Grey Porter donating large amounts of the Church of Ireland.

Her husband bought the Belleville estate and Belmore lands in County Fermanagh in 1830. He later bought the Clogher episcopal palace, renamed Clogher Park, in 1850. After her husband's death, Porter lived at Clogher Park until her death in 1881. By the 1870s the Porter family owned 20,000 acres. The Porters had one son, John Grey Vesey Porter, and 6 daughters.