Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1788–1824. - 1824
Found in 236 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete, marked proofs, 'A contemporary narrative of events connected with [=Contemporary account of] the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also an account of the destruction of Lord Byron`s memoirs', by John Cam Hobhouse., 1870.
Item
Identifier: MS.42299
Scope and Contents
The arrangement of these parts differs from the final edition in that the appendix follows the account of the destruction of the memoirs, although there is a manuscript note on it advising that is should follow page 182 of the finished volume.The proofs for this work are annotated throughout.
The proofs want everything from page ix to page 176. They comprise therefore of:the title page and part of a preface: folios 1-4;five pages of the account...
Dates:
1870.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.
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Proofs, and privately printed edition of, 'Contemporary account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also of the destruction of Lord Byron`s memoirs', by John Cam Hobhouse.
John Murray album, "Byron"., 1948-2002
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1624
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series of albums contains files relating to authors published by John Murray.
Examples of items include:
Invitations, guest lists, photographs, and letters of thanks for John Murray book launches and author-related events; alongside articles, letters, and reviews.
Dates:
1948-2002
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers concerning company history, and the work of the John Murray Archive, with brief Murray family papers.
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Papers and correspondence concerning the company history of John Murray, publishers.
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John Murray "albums" and ephemera.
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John Murray, publishers, albums labelled "Authors".
Journals, diaries and phrasebooks of Lord Byron., 1804-1824.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.43349-43353
Scope and Contents
This series contains the personal journals, diaries and handwritten phrasebooks of Lord Byron. The journals include the ‘Ravenna journal’ and the ‘last diary’ of Byron. The phrasebooks are Armenian and Greek.
Dates:
1804-1824.
Letter, 1824, of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8766
Scope and Contents
With four letters, 1824 and 1828, concerning Byron, and a manuscript of his last poem, undated.
Dates:
1824-1828 and undated.
Letter of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13918
Scope and Contents
Lamb refers to performance of 'the Tragedy' [Byron's Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice]. Lamb also asks Hobhouse to send her one of Byron's poems ‘pray send me the lines Ld Byron wrote to Mr. Moore upon his going away in the Boat' and refers to a 'commission' she had undertaken on Hobhouse's behalf.
Dates:
After 25 April 1821.
Letter of Lord Byron to James Perry.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14129
Scope and Contents
Letter dated 26 February 1816, of Lord Byron to James Perry, editor of the "Morning Chronicle", offering the ode ‘We do not curse thee Waterloo!’ for publication. Byron's poem appeared in the "Morning Chronicle" on 15 March 1816 with a note by Byron suggesting that the author was Chateaubriand.
Published in Leslie Marchand, Byron's Letters and Journals, vol. V, pp. 33-34.
Dates:
1816.
Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43541
Scope and Contents
The papers in this manuscript have been arranged alphabetically by the main correspondent surname or company name.Barry, Matilda and Richard.
Letters of Matilda Barry and Richard Barry to Hugh Ferguson and John Murray [III], with one of Ferguson to Murray, regarding the sale of Lord Byron letters, 1849: folios 1-6;Blayney, Mabella.
Letter of Lady Mabella Blayney to John Murray [II], 1824: folio 7;Breese, John.
Letters of John Breese to John Murray III,...
Dates:
Undated.
Letters between Lord Byron and correspondents with surnames from Campbell to Charlton., 1808-1823, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43417
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.
Letter of Hugh Y Campbell to Lord Byron, 1822 folios 1-2;Draft of a letter of Lord Byron to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, 1814: folios 3-4;Letters of Queen Caroline to Lord Byron and Jane Harley, Lady Oxford, 1813: folios 5-13;Letter of John Cartwright to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 14;Letter of Lord Byron to Captain Cary, 1809: folio...
Dates:
1808-1823, undated.
Letters concerning the funeral and will of Lord Byron; including letters relating to Greek and Italian property of Lord Byron., 1824-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.43532
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Letter of William John Bankes to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 1-2;Inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron signed by Samuel Barff, 1824: folio 3;Letter of Henry Drury to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 4-5;Letter of John Ireland to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 6-7;Letter of E Jones to Douglas Kinnaird, 1824: folios 8-9;Letter with...
Dates:
1824-1853.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Letters concerning the publication of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori., 1819.
File
Identifier: MS.42290
Scope and Contents
The letters here all relate to the publication of “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, although it was originally attributed to Lord Byron. The work first appeared in the April 1819 edition of ‘New Monthly Magazine’.Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to John William Polidori, 1819: folios 1-4;Letter of John William Polidori to John Cam Hobhouse, 1819: folios 5-6;Letter of Alaric Alexander Watts to John Murray II, 1819: folios 7-8;Letter of...
Dates:
1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Letters of, to and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
Letters, copies of letters and other material relating to James Henry Leigh Hunt; with letters of John Hunt and John Horatio Leigh Hunt., 1816-1843, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43450
Scope and Contents
When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, contained a letter of John Higgs Hunt to John Murray II, dated 1819. This letter has now been moved to Ms.40591 ff.115-116.
Part of a letter of Lord Byron to James Henry Leigh Hunt, 1816: folios 1-2;Press cuttings concerning Lord Byron and James Henry Leigh Hunt from the ‘Examiner’ and ‘Literary Gazette’, 1821 and 1828: folios 3-6;Article, ?1930s, entitled 'A...
Dates:
1816-1843, undated.
Letters mainly to Lord Byron from various correspondents, in French, Italian and Greek., 1811-1824, 2001, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43519
Scope and Contents
The letters here have been divided into four groups: those in French; those in Italian; those of and to Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos; and letters to or relating to Lord Byron in Greece. In each section, the letters have been arranged alphabetically be correspondent. An additional letter in Italian has been added at the end of the sequence. This was originally housed, before foliation, in Ms.43408 and was moved during the cataloguing process.Letters in French to Lord Byron of...
Dates:
1811-1824, 2001, undated.
Letters mostly concerning the death of Lord Byron., 1812-1939, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43531
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, the letters of Pallegrino Ghigi, at folios 39-40, and Lega Zambelli, at folios 76-77, were housed in Ms.43530, but were moved to the current location during cataloguing.Letter of Thomas Gerrard Barber to John Murray [V] relating to the body of Lord Byron, 1939: folio 1;Letters of Charles Barry to Douglas Kinnaird, John Hanson, and John Cam...
Dates:
1812-1939, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Letters mostly concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse and his bequest to the British Museum., ?1816-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.42292
Scope and Contents
The letters in both sections of this manuscript have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse:Letter of George Grote to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1870: folios 1-4;Letter of John Murray [III] to Dudley Wilmot Carleton, undated: folios 5-6;Correspondence and drafts of letters between John Winter Jones and Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1875: folios 7-13;Note in the hand of Hon....
Dates:
?1816-1875, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Letters of, to and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43533
Scope and Contents
MS.43533
Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron, 1824-1845, undated.These letters have been arranged in three sections:
(i) Letters to John Cam Hobhouse relating to a statue of Lord Byron and a related pamphlet written by Hobhouse have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname;
(ii) Letters and notes of a sub-committee relating to a statue of Lord Byron (further folios relating to this have been added at folios 289-292 having...
Dates:
1824-1845, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Letters mostly of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Bathe to Byrne., 1808-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.43408
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.When first made available for consultation and before foliation, this folder contained letters that have since been moved during the cataloguing process. Letter of Charlotte Byrne (previously misattributed to Lord Byron) is now in Ms.40181 f.152; letter of Constantine Metaxas to Lord Byron is now in Ms.43519 ff.193-194; and partial letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Sir Benjamin Hobhouse is now in Ms.43444...
Dates:
1808-1823.
Letters mostly of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1811-1813, 1901-1902.
File
Identifier: MS.43487
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in chronological order.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1811: folios 1-6;Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1812: folios 7-20;Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1813: folios 21-122, with the following included:Copies of 1813 letters of Lord Byron at folios 56-57;Letters of Frank Thomas Sabin to John Murray IV, 1902 at folios 58-59;Copy of an 1813 letter of Lord Byron,...
Dates:
1811-1813, 1901-1902.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters mostly of, to or concerning Lord Byron with correspondents with surnames from Hogg to Hoppner; including letters relating to the 'Hoppner scandal'., 1814-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.43448
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname, with those relating to the 'Hoppner scandal' at the end of the sequence. A further letter of Hoppner to Lord Byron has been added at the end of the sequence. When first made available for consultation, this letter had been housed in Ms.43526, but was moved to the current location during cataloguing.Letters of James Hogg to Lord Byron, 1814 and 1816: folios 1-14;Letters of Anne Louise Germaine...
Dates:
1814-1823.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates:
1810-2003.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Coningsby to Curtis., 1808-1815, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43421
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically.Letter of George Chapel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex, to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-4;Letter of Harriet Cope to Lord Byron, ? 1812: folios 5-6;Letters of John Welsford Cowell to Byron, 1808-1814: folios 7-18;Letter of John Wilson Croker to Byron, 1813: folios 19-20;Letter of C Cunningham to Lady Byron, undated: folios 21-22;...
Dates:
1808-1815, undated.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Silvestrini-Tournier., 1810-1823, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43508
Scope and Contents
The letters to Lord Byron have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the wrapper of Sir George Sinclair had been housed in Ms.43449. It was moved to f.7 of this folder on cataloguing.Letters of Francesca (Fanny) Silvestrini to Lord Byron, 1819 and undated: folios 1-6;Wrapper of a letter probably of Sir George Sinclair to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 7;Letters of Constance...
Dates:
1810-1823, undated.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Whitbread-Zantachi and anonymous letters., 1810-1821, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43512
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, with anonymous correspondents placed at the end of that sequence. When first made available for consultation this volume of letters, before foliation, included letters, 1813-1816 and undated, of George Canning, Elizabeth Vassall Fox and Henry Richard Vassall Fox (Lord Holland). These letters are now in MS.43426. It also contained letters of Elizabeth Warton and Frances Webster-Wedderburn - these have been moved...
Dates:
1810-1821, undated.
Letters of and concerning William Fletcher, valet of Lord Byron., 1811-1837.
File
Identifier: MS.43425
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of and to William Fletcher has been ordered before those letters concerning him.Letters of Lord Byron to William Fletcher, 1816 and [1823]: folios 1-3;Letters of William Fletcher to Lord Byron, 1810-1811, and 1824: folios 4-9;Letters of William Fletcher to John Cam Hobhouse, 1811, 1824-1825 and 1835: folios 10-19;Letters and a copy of a letter of William Fletcher to Augusta Leigh, 1824, ?1836 and 1837: folios 20-31;...
Dates:
1811-1837.
Letters of and to Catherine Gordon Byron, and of Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron., 1799-1857.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.43409-43411
Scope and Contents
Catherine Gordon Byron (1765-1811) was the mother of the poet, Lord Byron. She and Byron lived in Aberdeen after the abandonment and death of his father, John Byron. They moved to Nottinghamshire after Byron inherited his title and estates from his uncle in 1798. Catherine Byron worried about her son and their relationship became strained as he grew older and more extravagant. The letters of Byron to his mother cover a decade of his youth, whilst her letters to her son and other...
Dates:
1799-1857.
Letters of and to Lady Caroline Lamb, with some of William Lamb and George Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.43465-43468
Scope and Contents
Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) commenced a three month affair with Lord Byron in 1812, despite being married to William Lamb, the future 2nd Viscount Melbourne. The affair impacted the rest of her life and the many letters here reflect her obsession with the poet as well as other aspects of her life. After Byron ended their relationship, Lamb continued to write to him, his friends (particularly John Cam Hobhouse) and his publisher, John Murray [II]. Byron, Hobhouse and Murray are the main...
Dates:
1812-1831, undated.
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