Sir Francis Burdett

Sir Francis Burdett

The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.

Mentioned by Byron in 1809-01-15 and HoBrowne 1810-11-05. "Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844) resided in Paris in the first years of the French Revolution. In 1793 he married Miss Sophia Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts, the banker. He formed a friendship with Horne Tooke, the radical reformer, and was a leader of reform and of opposition to Tory repressions in Parliament. He sat for Westminster for 30 years, and was jailed several times for his outspokenness." BLJ I-186n

Paul M Curtis

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/

The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/

13 April 2014

Paul M Curtis

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David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/

English

Person

English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811

1770-01-25

Foremark, near Repton, Derbyshire

1844-01-23 at 25 St James's Place, London

politician

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