Constantia, born of poor parents in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland, was one of the most learned women on record, though she died in 1733, at the early age of 27. She was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar; and understood history, divinity, philosophy, and mathematics. She proved her skill in Latin by her dedication of the Dublin edition of Tacitus to Lord Carteret, and by that of Terence to his son; to whom she also addressed a Greek epigram. She wrote many elegant English poems, several of which were inserted by Mrs Barber among her own. When Lord Carteret was lord lieutenant of Ireland, he obtained a patent for Mr Grierfon to be king's printer; and to reward the uncommon merit of his wife, caused her life to be included in it.