The 224 people named in the letters that Byron wrote during the Tour
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Title
The 224 people named in the letters that Byron wrote during the Tour
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
Byron was a very social poet, and the 224 names of people who appear in his letters reveal the extent of his society. The number of people named equals the number of places mentioned in the letters.
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Format
docx
Language
English
Type
People
Identifier
Personography
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
Collection Items
James Cawthorn
Publisher
Francis Hodgson
Byron's friend
John Hanson
Byron's solicitor and life-long friend.
Charles Skinner Matthews
Byron's Cambridge friend. First elected fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.
Catherine Gordon Byron
Byron's Mother
Captain Cary
aide-de-camp to General Oakes, Military commander in Malta
Walter Bathurst
Captain of the Salsette and the Fame.
Mentioned by Byron in 1810-05-05 and 1810-05-29. See BLJ I-244n
Mentioned by Byron in 1810-05-05 and 1810-05-29. See BLJ I-244n
Doctor
The doctor is unidentified.
John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford
Byron's Cambridge friend, travelling companion and lifelong friend
Edward Ellice
Correspondent in 1809-06-25b and 1810-07-04a. He married the widow of Byron's cousin, Captain George Bettesworth. BLJ XI 158n. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85295250.html