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- Collection: The 224 people named in the letters that Byron wrote during the Tour
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H Parker
unidentified
Seaton
unidentified
Captain Wallace
"... in Scrope Davies circle of drinking companions and men about town. Byron mentioned him in “Detached Thoughts”, No. 21, as 'then intimate with most of the more dissipated young men of the day'. "BLJ 1-165n
Caroline Cameron
The young companion of Byron mentioned in the letter to Byron by John Jackson of 1808-03-25. See as well 1808-07-20 Byron to ElMassingberd and 1810-07-29 to Hobhouse.
D'Egville
unidentified
"Gentleman" John Jackson
Professional Boxer and heavyweight champion of England, Byron’s boxing instructor.
Dr Francis Darwin
"... a passenger on the Pylades sloop-of-war when they left Athens for Smyrna in March 1810." BLJ II-7n
Nourse
"... Nourse and Darwin had been at Athens scribbling all sorts of ribaldry over my old apartment, where Sligo before my arrival had added to your B.A. an A.S.S. ..."
Cogia Bashi
The Cogia Bachi was a Greek provincial official under the Turks.
Mr Paul
"Mr Paul, a cousin of the British Vice-Consul Stranè, was the Imperial Consul in Patras." BLJ II-7n