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Add MS 31037

Record Id:

032-002022825

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002022825

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x00037d

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Add MS 31037

Title:

CORRESPODENCE Of the family of Byron ; 1744-1855. It chiefly consists of that between Anna Isabella, Baroness Wentworth and Lady Noel-B)-r(,n [wife, of George Gordon, Lord Byron], and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Augusta Leigh, 1816-1851 ; and includes a letter from [Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne] de Staël-Holstein to Lord Byron, and letters from Lord Byron to Mrs. Leigh, 1814, 1816, 1824 (ff. 13, 35, 40), and from others relating to his death. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 206. Quarto.

Scope & Content:

Hon Augusta Leigh, sister of Lord Byron and wife of Colonel Leigh: Correspondence with Lady Byron and others: 1816-1851.

Anne Isabella Byron neé Milbanke, afterwards Noel; wife of George, 6th Baron Byron: Correspondence with her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Leigh: 1816-1851.

George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Letters and papers relating to his death: 1824.

includes:

f. 1 John Byron, afterwards Admiral: Bill drawn on his brother, Lord Byron: 1744.
f. 3 George Anson Byron, Captain, RN: Letter to his sister, Frances: 1787.
ff. 5-12 Caroline Byron- [née] Gordon, Mother of Lord Byron: Letters to her sister-in-law, Frances Leigh: 1791-1794.
f. 13 Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Letter to Lord Byron: 1814.
ff. 15, 35, 37, 40 George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Letters to his sister Augusta: 1814, 1816, 1824.
f. 17 John M'Mahon, Private secretary to the Prince Regent: Letter to Col. Leigh: 1810.
f. 20 Francis Hodgson, Provost of Eton: Letter to Mrs. A. Leigh: 1814.
f. 38 John Murray, Publisher: Letter to Lord Byron: 1816.
f 43 lgnatius, Metropolitan: Letter to Lord Byron: 1824.: Fr.
f. 45 Alexander Mavrocordato, Prince: Letter to Mrs. Leigh, on the death of Lord Byron: 1824.
ff. 47-60 Robert Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary for the Colonies: Letters to Mrs. Leigh: 1824.
f. 63 Robert Charles Dallas: Letter to Mrs. Leigh: 1824.: Copy.
ff. 65, 86 Scrope Davies: Letters to Mrs. Leigh: 1824.
f. 67 Dr François Bruno: Letter to Mrs. Leigh: 1824.
f. 70 Pietro Gamba, Count: Account of Lord Byron's last days: 1824.
f. 82 Dr François Bruno: Account of the Death of lord Byron: 1824.
ff. 84, 107, 112 John Hanson, solicitor: Letters to Mrs. Leigh: 1824, 1825, 1829.
ff. 88-104, 109, 172 Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet; Baron Broughton: Letters to Mrs. Leigh: 1824, 1826. circ. 1835.
f. 105 William Fletcher: Lord Byron's valet. Letter to Mrs. Leigh: 1824.
ff. 115-128 George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron: Correspondence with Mrs. Leigh: 1826.
ff. 158-168, 171 Right Hon Stephen Lushington, MP, DCL, afterwards Judge of the Admiralty: Correspondence with Mrs. Leigh: 1830, 1831.
ff. 175, 177 Jane Porter: Letters to Mrs.Leigh: 1835.
f. 181 Augusta Ada King, daughter of Lord Byron; wife of William, Lord King, 1st Earl of Lovelace (1838): Letter to - Heath: n.d.
f. 186 Reverend Frederic W- Robertson: Letter to Mrs. Leigh: 1851.
ff. 189-195, 199-205 Anne Isabella Byron neé Milbanke, afterwards Noel; wife of George, 6th Baron Byron: Letters to her niece, Emily Leigh: 1851, 1852.
f. 196 Hon Theresa Villiers, wife of Hon. George Villiers, son of the 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to E. Leigh: 1852.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002022825

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Hierarchy:

032-002022825

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1744

End Date:

1855

Date Range:

1744-1855

Era:

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Names:

Bruno, François, Dr
Byron neé Milbanke, Anne Isabella, afterwards Noel wife of George 6th Baron Byron
Byron, George Anson, 7th Baron Byron, naval officer, 1789-1868
Byron, George Anson, Captain, RN
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824
Byron, John, afterwards Admiral
Byron- née Gordon, Caroline, Mother of Lord Byron
Dallas, Robert Charles, barrister and man of letters, 1854-1924
Davies, Scrope Berdmore, scholar, wit and dandy, 1782-1852
Fletcher, William, litigant, fl 1754
Gamba, Pietro, Count, revolutionary and secretary of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, 1801-1827
Hanson, John, solicitor
Hobhouse, John Cam, 2nd Baronet, Baron Broughton, 1786-1869
Hodgson, Francis, Provost of Eton
Horton, Robert Wilmot, Under Secretary for the Colonies
King, Augusta Ada, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1815-1852
Leigh, Augusta, sister of Lord Byron and wife of Colonel Leigh
Lushington, Stephen, Right Hon; MP, DCL, afterwards Judge of the Admiralty
M'Mahon, John, Private secretary to the Prince Regent
Mavrocordato, Alexander, Prince, of Add MS 31037
Murray, John, Publisher; of Add MS 30106
Porter, Jane, of Add MS 31037
Robertson, Frederic W-, Reverend
Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de, Baroness al Madame Staël
Villiers, Theresa, wife of Hon. George Villiers, son of the 1st Earl of Clarendon
lgnatius, Metropolitan