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English Consul at Patras in the Morea

Mentioned by Hobhouse to Byron in 1810-07-31a and by Byron in 1811-03-05 to Hobhouse. Sandford Graham, at Trinity College with Byron and Hobhouse, was
an M.P. and antiquarian. He succeeded his father as second baronet in 1825.
Graham, Peter W.…

Dandy and friend of Byron.

unidentified

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, November 12th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 246-57; QI 58-63; BLJ I 226-31).
The Ali Pasha's physician and interpreter.

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "– Miss C. & her little brother understood a little French, and after regretting my ignorance of the Spanish she proposed to become my preceptress in that language; ..."

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "Signorita Cordova the girl is very pretty in the Spanish style, in my {opinion} by no means inferior {to the English} in charms, and certainly superior in fascination."

Mentioned by and Hobrowne in 1811-03-05 and by Byron in 1811-07-04 to John Hanson

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…

Mentioned by Byron in 1808-03-14, as glossed by PSC, and 1810-11-26. "Sir G. W. was probably Sir Godfrey Webster; Sir B. G. was Sir B. Graham. They and Captain Wallace were companions of Byron’s roistering days in 1808. See April …