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Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "The night before I left it, I sat in the box {at the opera} with Admiral Cordova’s family, he is the commander whom Ld. St. Vincent defeated in 1797, and has an aged wife and a fine daughter. – – –"

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "I have met Sir John Carr Knight errant at Seville & Cadiz, he is a pleasant man."

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... and besides (though that is a secondary consideration) [Cintra] is remarkable as the scene of Sir H. D’s convention."

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 …

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

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."

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 Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "Seville is a fine town, and the Sierra Morena, part of which we crossed, a very sufficient mountain; but damn description, it is always disgusting."

Mentioned by Byron to Hobhouse 1811-02-01