Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician)

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Dates

Existence: 1786-1869. - 1869

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Privately printed publication, 'Contemporary account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also of the destruction of Lord Byron's Memoirs', by John Cam Hobhouse., 1870.

Item

Identifier: MS.42300

Scope and Contents This is a privately printed work of John Cam Hobhouse. It gives his account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron and the burning of the memoirs of the poet in 1824.The pages have not been cut and are stored folded together in the correct order. The loose binding in which the pages are contained seems to have been originally intended for another publication, but a manuscript note has been added to reflect the current content. The printed pages and the binding...

Dates: 1870.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse. / Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs. / 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.

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., 1870.

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS.42299-42300

Scope and Contents

The proofs and printed edition of this work by John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, detail two of the most controversial moments in life and reputation of Byron - the breakdown of his marriage and the burning of his memoirs. The work was originally privately printed in 1870, but then included in 'Recollections of a long life', which was edited by Lady Dorchester (the daughter of Hobhouse) and published by Murray between 1909 and 1911.