Sir Godfrey Webster
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Title
Sir Godfrey Webster
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
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 15, 1808, to Hobhouse." BLJ II-28n.
See as well Byron to ElLamb 1812-11-06.
Glossed by Peter W Graham in Byron's Bulldog: Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster (1789-1836), fifth baronet, was the son of Sir Godfrey and Elizabeth Vassall Webster, who, divorced by her
husband for adultery, married Lord Holland in 1797." BB 34n.
See as well Byron to ElLamb 1812-11-06.
Glossed by Peter W Graham in Byron's Bulldog: Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster (1789-1836), fifth baronet, was the son of Sir Godfrey and Elizabeth Vassall Webster, who, divorced by her
husband for adultery, married Lord Holland in 1797." BB 34n.
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
Type
Person
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
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Birth Date
1788
Death Date
1836
Bibliography
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74132/77007?docPos=3
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Citation
Paul M Curtis, “Sir Godfrey Webster,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 30, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/563.
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- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, November 26th 1810 (57) [Person Mentions]