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Lincoln's Inn
"But then [Hobhouse] has had a letter from a Lincoln’s Inn Bencher full of praise of his harpings, and vituperation of the other contributions to his Missellingany, which that sagacious person is pleased to say must have been put in as FOILS…
Cockspur Street
Byron to JaCawthorn 1810-07-01. Site of Cawthorn's book shop.
Lady Mary (née Pierrepont) Montagu
Mentioned in 1810-06-28 by Byron to his mother.
St Paul's Cathedral, London
1810-06-28 Byron makes light of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's praise of St Paul's over St Sophia's.
John Samuel Murray II
Publisher
Cocoa Tree Club
69 St James' St. See 1809-06-22 and 1810-06-17
Vigo Lane
London address of George Sanders, celebrated "limner," as Byron puts it i 1810-05-24 to his mother.
Edward Gibbon
Historian, whom Byron admired
Dr George Butler
Headmaster of Harrow, succeeding Dr Joseph Drury in 1805, and dean of Peterborough. See the portrait of Pomposus in 1807-03-06 and BLJ I-111n. Also mentioned by Byron in 1808-11-27 to FrHodgson