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Mentioned by Byron in 1801-11-26 and 1813-11-17. John Cam is his eldest son. See 1810-12-10a. "Benjamin Hobhouse (1757-1831), the son of a Bristol merchant, served as M.P. until 1818. He was made a baronet in 1812. The senior Hobhouse was concerned…

One of Byron's Athenian friends at the Capuchin Convent

Hanson's country home. First mentioned by Byron in 1805-04-15

B's point of departure

Byron's companion

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "To make amends for this the village of Cintra about fifteen miles from the capital is perhaps in every respect the most delightful in Europe, it contains beauties of every description natural &…

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)
Mentioned by Byron in 1809-11-12. Visited as of 1810-03-19. A geographical and historical region…

An ancient Greek city on a site in present-day Turkey and visited by Byron as of 1810-03-19.

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

Named by Byron in 1809-09-15 when speaking of Constance Spencer Smith