6TH See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

GORDON See also:

• 6TH BARON GEORGE GORDON BYRON BYRON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

BYRON BYRON (1788-1824)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London at 16 Holies See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish Square, on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1788 . The Byrons were of See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman stock, but the founder of the See also:

• FAMILY

family was See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron, who entered into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the priory and lands of Newstead in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham in 1540 . From him it descended (but with a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar-sinister) to a See also:

• GREAT

great-See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, John (1st See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron) Byron (q.v.), a See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

Cavalier See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, who was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage in 1643 . The first See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Byron died childless, and was succeeded by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard, the great-grandfather of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, the 5th lord, who outlived son and grandson, and was II succeeded by his great-See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the poet . See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral the Hon . John Byron (q.v.) was the poet's grandfather . His eldest son, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain John Byron, the poet's See also:

• FATHER

father, was a libertine by choice and in an eminent degree . He caused to be divorced, and married (1779) as his first wife, the marchioness of See also:

• CARMARTHEN (Caerfyrddin)

Carmarthen (born Amelia D'Arcy), Baroness Conyers in her own right . One See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage survived, the Hon . See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta Byron (1783-1851), the poet's See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• SISTER

sister, who, in 1807, married her first See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• LEIGH
• LEIGH, EDWARD (1602–1671)

Leigh . His second marriage to See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon (b . 1765) of Gight in See also:

• ABERDEENSHIRE

Aberdeenshire took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath on the 13th of May 1785 .

He is said to have squandered the fortunes of both wives . It is certain that Gight was sold to pay his debts (1786), and that the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for his wife was a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of £3000 . It was an unhappy marriage . There was an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at living together in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and, when this failed, Mrs Byron returned to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . On her way thither she gave See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to a son, christened George Gordon after his maternal grandfather, who was descended from Sir William Gordon of Gight, grandson of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. of Scotland . After a while her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband rejoined her, but went back to France and died at See also:

• VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes on the and of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1791 . His wife was not a See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad woman, but she was not a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• MOTHER

mother . Vain and capricious, passionate and self-indulgent, she mismanaged her son from his See also:

• INFANCY

infancy, now provoking him by her foolish fondness, and now exciting his contempt by her paroxysms of impotent rage . She neither looked nor spoke like a gentlewoman; but in the conduct of her affairs she was praiseworthy . She hated and avoided See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, and when See also:

• RELIEF

relief came (a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £300 a See also:

• YEAR

year) she spent most of it upon her son . Fairly well educated, she was not without a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for books, and her letters are sensible and to the point . But the violence of her See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper was abnormal .

Her father committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide, and it is possible that she inherited a tendency to See also:

• MENTAL

mental derangement . If Byron owed anything to his parents it was a plea for See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon . The poet's first years were spent in lodgings at See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen . From 1794 to 1798 he attended the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, " threading all classes " till he reached the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth . It was a good beginning, a solid See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, enabling him from the first to keep a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand over his talents and to turn them to a set purpose . He was lame from his birth . His right See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg and See also:

• FOOT

foot, possibly both feet, were contracted by infantile See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis, and, to strengthen his muscles, his mother sent him in the summers of 1796, 1797 to a See also:

• FARM

farm See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house on Deeside . He walked with difficulty, but he wandered at will, soothed and inspired by the grandeur of the scenery . To his Scottish upbringing he owed his love of mountains,his love and knowledge of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible,and too much Calvinism for faith or unfaith in See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his great-See also:

• UNCLE

uncle (May 19, 1798) placed him in possession of the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title and estates . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in the autumn Mrs Byron travelled See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south with her son and his See also:

• NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse, and for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time made her See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home at Newstead See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . Byron was old enough to know what had befallen him .

" It was a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change from a shabby Scotch See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat to a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace," a half-ruined palace, indeed, but his very own . It was a proud moment, but in a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks he was once more in lodgings . The shrunken leg did not improve, and acting on bad See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice his mother entrusted him to the care of a See also:

• QUACK

quack named See also:

• LAVENDER

Lavender, See also:

• TRUSS (from O. Fr. trusser, trosser, torser, trousser, to pack, bind, gird up, Low Lat. tortiare, formed from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist; cf. " torch " and " trousers," also trousseau, a bride's outfit, literally a small pack or bundle)

truss-maker to the general See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital at Nottingham . His nurse who was in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of him maltreated him, and the quack tortured him to no purpose . At his own See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request he read See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and See also:

• CICERO

Cicero with a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . In August 1799 he was sent to a preparatory school at See also:

• DULWICH

Dulwich . The See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, Dr Glennie, perceived that the boy liked See also:

• READING

reading for its own See also:

• SAKE

sake and gave him the See also:

• FREE

free run of his library . He read a set of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Poets from beginning to end more than once . This, too, was an See also:

• INITIATION (Lat. inilium, beginning, entrance, from mire, to go in)

initiation and a preparation . He remained at Dulwich till See also:

• APRIL

April 18o1, when, on his mother's intervention, he was sent to See also:

• HARROW

Harrow . His school days, 1801-1805, were fruitful in two respects . He learned enough Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek to make him a classic, if not a classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, and he made See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends with his equals and superiors .

He learned something of his own See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth and of the worth of others . " My school-friendships," he says, " were with me passions." Two of his closest friends died See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, and from Lord See also:

• CLARE
• CLARE, JOHN (1793-1864)
• CLARE, JOHN FITZGIBBON, 1ST EARL OF (1749-1802)

Clare, whom he loved best of all, he was separatedby See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance'and circumstance . He was an See also:

• ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd mixture, now lying dreaming on his favourite tombstone in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard, now the See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring-See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in whatever See also:

• MISCHIEF

mischief was afoot . He was a " See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record " swimmer, and, in spite of his lameness, enough of a cricketer to See also:

• PLAY

play for his school at Lord's, and yet he found time to read and master See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, and to acquire more general knowledge than boys and masters put together . In the midsummer of 1803, when he was in his sixteenth year, he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love, once for all, with his distant relative, See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Chaworth, a " See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor heiress " of the See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park of Annesley which See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

marches with Newstead . Two years his See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior, she was already engaged to a neighbouring See also:

• SQUIRE

squire . There were meetings half-way between Newstead and Annesley, of which she thought little and he only too much . What was See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport to the girl was death to the boy, and when at length he realized the " hopelessness of his See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment," he was " thrown out," as he said, " alone, on a wide, wide See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea." She is the subject of at least five of his early poems, including the pathetic stanzas, " Hills of Annesley," and there are allusions to his love See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in Childe Harold (c . 1 s.v.), and in "The See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

Dream" (1816) . Byron went into See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 18o5 . Cambridge did him no good . " The place is the See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil," he said, and according to his own showing he did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius loci .

But whatever he did or failed to do, he made friends who were worthy of his choice . Among them were the scholar-See also:

• DANDY

dandy See also:

• SCROPE
• SCROPE, GEORGE JULIUS POULETT (1797—1876)

Scrope Berdmore See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• HODGSON, BRIAN HOUGHTON (1800-1894)

Hodgson, who died See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of See also:

• ETON

Eton, and, best friend of all, John See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam See also:

• HOBHOUSE, ARTHUR HOEHOUSE

Hobhouse (afterwards Lord See also:

• BROUGHTON, HUGH (1549-1612)
• BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON (1786-1869)

Broughton) . And there was another friend, a chorister named Edleston, a " humble youth " for whom he formed a romantic attachment . He died whilst Byron was still abroad (May 1811), but not unwept nor unsung, if, as there is little doubt, the mysterious Thyrza poems of 1811, 1812 refer to his death . During the vacation of 18o6, and in 1807 which was one " See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long vacation," he took to his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen, and wrote, printed and published most of his " Juvenile Poems." His first venture was a thin See also:

• QUARTO

quarto of sixty-six pages, printed by S. and J . See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

Ridge of See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark . The " See also:

• ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

advertisement " is dated the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18o6, but before that date he had begun to prepare a second collection for the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . One poem (" To Mary ") contained at least one See also:

• STANZA (Low Lat. stantia, Ital. stantia or stanza)

stanza which was frankly indecent, and yielding to advice he gave orders that the entire issue should be thrown into the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . Early in January 1807 an expurgated collection entitled Poems on Various Occasions was ready for private See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution . Encouraged by two critics, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie and Lord Woodhouselee, he determined to recast this second issue and publish it under his own name . See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours of Idleness, " by George Gordon Lord Byron, a minor," was published in See also:

• JUNE

June 1807 . The fourth and last issue of Juvenilia, entitled Poems, See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original and Translated, was published in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 18o8 .

Hours of Idleness enjoyed a brief See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . The See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical and other reviews were " very indulgent," but the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review for January 18o8 contained an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, not, as Byron believed, by See also:

• JEFFREY, FRANCIS JEFFREY

Jeffrey, but by See also:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham, which put, or tried to put, the author and " his poesy " to open shame . The sole result was that it supplied fresh material and a new title for some rhyming couplets on " British Bards " which he had begun to write . A See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on Jeffrey, the editor, and Lord See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, the See also:

• PATRON

patron of the Edinburgh Review, was slipped into the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of " British Bards," and the poem rechristened English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (published the 1st of March 1809) . In April 18o8, whilst he was still "a minor," Byron entered upon his See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance . Hitherto the less ruinous portions of the abbey had been occupied by a See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant, Lord See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey de See also:

• RUTHVEN

Ruthven . The banqueting hall, the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• DRAWING

drawing-See also:

• ROOM

room, and other parts of the monastic See also:

• BUILDING

building were uninhabitable, but by incurring fresh debts, two sets of apartments were refurnished for Byron and for his mother . Dismantled and ruinous, it was still a splendid inheritance . In See also:

• LINE

line with the front of the abbey is the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west front of the priory See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, with its hollow See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch, once a " mighty window," its vacant niches, its delicate See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings . The abbey buildings enclose a grassy quadrangle overlooked by two-storeyed cloisters . On the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side are the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state apartments occupied by See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings and queens not as guests, but by feudal right . In the park, which ii See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• SHERWOOD, MARY MARTHA (1775-1851)

Sherwood See also:

• FOREST

Forest, there is a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of lakes—the largest, the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west, Byron's " lucid See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake." A See also:

• WATERFALL

waterfall or " cascade " issues from the lake, in' full view of the room where Byron slept .

The possession of this lordly and historic domain was an See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration in itself . It was an ideal See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne for one who was to be hailed as the spirit or genius of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . On the 13th of March 'Soo, be took his seat in the House of Lords . He had determined, as soon as he was of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, to travel in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, but before he sought " another See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone " he invited Hobhouse and three others to a house-warming . One of the party, C . S . See also:

• MATTHEWS, STANLEY (1824-1889)

Matthews, describes a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day at Newstead . See also:

• HOST

Host and guests See also:

• LAY

lay in See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed till one . " The afternoon was passed in various diversions, See also:

• FENCING

fencing, single-stick . . . See also:

• RIDING

riding, See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

cricket, sailing on the lake." They dined at eight, and after the See also:

• CLOTH

cloth was removed handed See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round " a human See also:

• SKULL

skull filled with See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy." After See also:

• DINNER

dinner they " buffooned about the house " in a set of monkish dresses . They went to bed some time between one and three in the See also:

• MORNING

morning . See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore thinks that the picture of these festivities is " pregnant in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character," and argues that there were limits to the misbehaviour of the " wassailers." The story, as told in Childe Harold (c .

1. s. v.-ix.), need not be taken too seriously . Byron was angry because Lord De La Warr did not wish him good-bye, and visited his displeasure on friends and " lemans " alike . May and June were devoted to the preparation of an enlarged edition of his satire . At length, accompanied by Hobhouse and a small See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of retainers, he set out on his travels . He sailed from See also:

• FALMOUTH

Falmouth on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July and reached See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon on the 7th of July 18oq . The first two cantos of Childe Harold's See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

Pilgrimage contain a record of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal events of his first year of See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence . The first See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto describes Lisbon, See also:

• CINTRA

Cintra, the ride through See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain to See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville and thence to See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz . He is moved by the grandeur of the scenery, but laments the helplessness of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people and their impending See also:

• FATE

fate . Talavera was fought and won whilst he was in Spain, but he is convinced that the " See also:

• SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

Scourge of the See also:

• WORLD

World " will prevail, and that See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, " the fond ally," will display her blundering heroism in vain . Being against the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, he is against the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . History has falsified his politics, but his descriptions of places and scenes, of " Morena's dusky height," of Cadiz and the See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull-fight, retain their freshness and their warmth . Byron sailed from See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar on the 16th of August, and spent a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month at See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta making love to Mrs See also:

• SPENCER
• SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903)
• SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
• SPENCER, JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER
• SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT (1769-1834)

Spencer See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith (the " See also:

• FAIR

Fair See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence " of c .

11. s. See also:

• XXIX

xxix.-xxxiii.) . He anchored off Prevesa on the 28th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The second canto records a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey ,on horseback through See also:

• ALBANIA

Albania, then almost a terra incognita, as far as Tepeleni, where he was entertained by See also:

• ALI

Ali Pacha (October 2oth), a See also:

• YACHTING

yachting tour along the shores of the Ambracian Gulf (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 8-23), a journey by See also:

• LAND

land from Larnaki to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens (December 15-25) , and excursions in See also:

• ATTICA

Attica, Suniumand See also:

• MARATHON

Marathon (January 13-25, 1810) . Of the tour in See also:

• ASIA

Asia Minor, a visit to See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus (March 15, 181o), an excursion in the See also:

• TROAD, CERAMICS, PLATE

Troad (April 13), and the famous swim across the See also:

• HELLESPONT (i.e. " Sea of Helle "; variously named in classical literature `EXX oirov-ros, o "EXXns a6vros, Hellespontum Pelagus, and Rectum Hellesponticum)

Hellespont (May 3), the record is to be sought elsewhere . The stanzas on See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople (lxxvii.-lxxxii.), where Byron and Hobhouse stayed for two months, though written at the time and on the spot, were not included in the poem till 1814 . They are, probably, part of a projected third canto . On the 14th of July Hobhouse set See also:

• SAIL

sail for See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and Byron returned to Athens . Of Byron's second year of residence in the East little is known beyond the See also:

• BARE

bare facts that he was travelling in the Morea during August and September, that early in October he was at See also:

• PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras, having just recovered from a severe attack of malarial See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, and that by the 14th of November he had returned to Athens and taken up his quarters at the Franciscan See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent . Of his movements during the next five months there is no record, but of his studies and pursuits there is substantial See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence . He learnt Romaic, he compiled the notes to the second canto of Childe Harold . He wrote (March 12) Hints from See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace (published1831), an See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation or loose See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Epistola ad Pisones (See also:

• ART

Art of See also:

• POETRY

Poetry), and (March 17) The Curse of See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva (published 1815), a skit on Lord See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin's See also:

• DEPORTATION

deportation of the metopes and See also:

• FRIEZE

frieze of the See also:

• PARTHENON (HapOevwv)

Parthenon . He See also:

• LEFT

left Athens in April, passed some weeks at Malta, and landed at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth (c .

July 20) . Arrived in London his first step was to consult his See also:

• LITERARY

literary adviser, R . C . See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

Dallas, with regard to the publication of Hints from Horace . Of Childe Harold he said nothing, but after some hesitation produced the MS. from a " small See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk," and, presenting hint with the See also:

• COPYRIGHT

copyright, commissioned Dallas to offer it to a publisher . Rejected by See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

Miller of See also:

• ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle Street, who published for Lord Elgin, it was finally accepted by See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray of See also:

• FLEET

Fleet Street, who undertook to See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share the profits of an edition with Dallas . Meanwhile Mrs Byron died suddenly from a stroke of See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy . Byron set o