Kinnaird, Douglas James William, Hon. (writer and politician)

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Dates

Existence: 1788 - 1830

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse., 1813-1819.

File

Identifier: MS.43439

Scope and Contents The letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse have been arranged chronologically. A letter of Byron to Hobhouse and Douglas Kinnaird has been included at the end of the sequence.1813: folios 1-4;1814: folios 5-16;1815: folios 17-39;1816: folios 40-65;1819: folios 66-106, including a letter, 1819, of Countess Marina Querini Benzon to Lord Byron, which he forwards to Hobhouse, at f.71 and press cuttings at folios 102a-102b;...

Dates: 1813-1819.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle. / Letters and copies of letters of and to John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton. / Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse.

Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.

File

Identifier: MS.43534

Scope and Contents Following the death of Lord Byron in April 1824, various interested parties met at the house of John Murray on 17th May of that year. These included John Murray [II], Thomas Moore, John Cam Hobhouse and representatives of both Lady Byron and Augusta Leigh. After a discussion, the group decided that the manuscript containing the memoirs of Lord Byron should be burned and they proceeded to do so in the drawing room fireplace. This act caused great controversy and the items in this folder...

Dates: 1824-1869.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle. / Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.

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