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Reverend, English Chaplain in Holland

Classical scholar, son of the Revd Joseph Drury (1751–1834). "Headmaster of Harrow School 1785-1805)."
Garrett, Martin. The Palgrave Dictionary of Byron. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010, 91.
Henry Drury was Byron’s…

Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811*
(Source: text from BLJ II-57-8)

Byron to John Hanson, September 29th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.149-51; BLJ I 225)

GeForesti to HuLowe 1810-01-05. A town in Albania, capital of Përmet District. The population is 7,717. It is flanked by the Vjosë river, which runs along the Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel-Nemërçkë mountain chain, between Trebeshinë and Dhëmbel mountains, and…

The first country Byron and Hobhouse visit during the Mediterranean Tour (7-17 July 1809). "In CHP I.201-377 the beauties of Lisbon, Cintra and 'this delicious land' (208) are praised and contrasted with the allegedly ignoble, cowardly and violent…

Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811*

Named and frequented by Byron for bathing in 1810-08-23. Piraeus is located within the Athens urban area, 12
kilometres (7 miles) southwest from its city center (municipality of Athens), and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf. Wiki

Byron to FrHodgson 1811-01-20

an archaeologist from the University of Copenhagen. BLJ II 37n