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Howe Peter Browne, Altamont, Second Marquis of Sligo
An Irish peer and colonial governor, styled Viscount Westport until 1800 and Earl of Altamont from 1800 to 1809.
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Constantinople, December 10th 1810
"I take the opportunity of sending this letter & your Ferman1 by a boat which will convey to Athens a bevy of my servants coming to carry off all my clothes vases &c which I left at that place when I came up here."
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Constantinople, November 5th 1810
"I write to you a line to beg that you would take the trouble of sending your servant to the Waywode or Logotheti to enquire for any letters that may have come for me ...."
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, June 1st 1811
"I have just heard that the Frigates will sail tomorrow morning early, and as I shall not therefore have an opportunity of seeing you before we meet in England I write you a line to wish you a pleasant voyage, ...."
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Smyrna, March 10th 1811
"I have just heard of the arrival and intended immediate departure of your boat, but as I wished to give you all the news now afloat here I have taken the liberty of stopping it, ..."
The Marquis of Sligo to the Marchioness of Sligo, from Athens, September 15th 1810
Sligo’s disgust at Byron’s behaviour is lightly expressed. [PSC]
The Marquis of Sligo to the Marchioness of Sligo, from Tripolitza, August 3rd 1810
Sligo reveals that, at Tripolizta in the Morea, he was taken (a) for Byron and (b) for George III’s nephew. [PSC]