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Byron, Anne Isabella Noel, Baroness Wentworth (succeeded 1856) (wife of Lord Byron, née Milbanke) (1792-1860)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1792 - 1860

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.

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Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates: 1815-1977.

Correspondence and other material relating to the article 'True history of Lady Byron's life', in the 'Atlantic', by Harriet Beecher-Stowe., 1869-1870, 1909.

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Identifier: MS.43539
Scope and Contents Correspondence has been placed in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, before related manuscripts, pamphlets and other printed material. A copy of ‘True story of Lord and Lady Byron’ has been placed with original pagination at the end of the sequence.Letter of Charles Dickens to John Murray [III], 1869: folios 1-2;Letters of Louisa Anne Emily Ellis, Baroness Seaford, to John Murray [III], 1870: folios 3-6;Letters of Whitwell Elwin to John Murray...
Dates: 1869-1870, 1909.

Correspondence concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron., 1816-1870.

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Identifier: MS.43520
Scope and Contents The correspondence and other items in this folder relate to the separation of Lord Byron and his wife, Anne Isabella Noel Byron (Lady Byron), in early 1816. Some of these letters appeared in 'Contemporary account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also of the destruction of Lord Byron's memoirs' (London; privately printed, 1870). The letters have been arranged chronologically.Some of the letters are housed with their exhibition labels from the 1974 'Byron: an exhibition...
Dates: 1816-1870.

Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43538
Scope and Contents The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at...
Dates: 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

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.

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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.

Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Coningsby to Curtis., 1808-1815, undated.

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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 of and to Catherine Gordon Byron, and of Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron., 1799-1857.

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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 Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron, Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Catherine Gordon Byron and John Hanson; with one letter of George Anson Byron to Augusta Leigh., 1802-1830, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43480
Scope and Contents The letters of Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron have been placed at the start of the sequence with the rest of the letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent name. The letter of Leigh to Catherine Gordon Byron was originally included, unfoliated, in MS.43481.Letters of Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron with excerpts of letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh in the hand of the latter, 1811-1824 and undated: folios 1-13;Letters and copies of letters of Augusta Leigh to Anne...
Dates: 1802-1830, undated.

Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to Lord Byron., 1815-1818.

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Identifier: MS.43442
Scope and Contents

The letters have been arranged in chronological order.

1815: folios 1-86, including a copy of a letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Hanson at f.31 and a copy of a letter of Hobhouse to Lady Byron at ff.44-45;

1816: folios 87-94;

1818: folios 95-112.

Dates: 1815-1818.

Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1814-1816.

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Identifier: MS.43488
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1814: folios 1-151, with the following included:Receipt for £525 for the copyright of 'The Corsair' signed by Robert Charles Dallas at folio 3;Copy of a note of Lord Byron in the hand of John Murray, 1814 at folios 98-99; Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1815: folios 152-184, with the following included:Quotation from...
Dates: 1814-1816.

Letters of various correspondents relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; with some typescript copies of letters relating to the same., 1816-1937, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43522
Scope and Contents The letters in this folder concern the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. The letters have been arranged in three sections: contemporary letters; letters of and to John Murray III and IV concerning the letters relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; and an excerpt and typescript copies of letters concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.Contemporary letters:Letters of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folios 1-10;...
Dates: 1816-1937, undated.

Letters to Catherine Gordon Byron; and letters of Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron., 1808-1857.

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Identifier: MS.43411
Scope and Contents Letters to Catherine Gordon Byron have been placed before those of Anne Isablla Noel Byron, Lady Byron.Letters to or concerning Catherine Gordon Byron:Letter of Margaret Abercromby to Lady Catherine Gordon Byron, [1811]: folios 1-2;Letter of John Birch to Lady Catherine Gordon Byron, 1808: folios 3-4;Letter of William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, to Catherine Gordon Byron, 1810: folios 5-6;Letter of John Dell to Catherine Gordon...
Dates: 1808-1857.

Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse giving his account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron, with his copies of related correspondence., 19th century.

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Identifier: MS.43521
Scope and Contents This volume contains the manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, relating the events of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. Hobhouse was the confidant of Lord Byron and often acted on his behalf during the first few months of 1816, when the separation was being negotiated. In addition to his own recollections, Hobhouse also records copies of letters relating to the separation. Some of the original letters that are copied here are held in Ms.43520. The...
Dates: 19th century.

Manuscripts and fair copies of poems featured in 'Hebrew Melodies' by Lord Byron., 1810-1845.

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Identifier: MS.43345
Scope and Contents For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions – where his titles differ from those on the physical manuscripts these have been given in square brackets.List of manuscripts of poems included in 'Hebrew Melodies' and their locations, undated: folio 1;...
Dates: 1810-1845.

Manuscripts of works and translations by Lord Byron; with some copy in the hands of Lady Byron, Charles Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse, Augusta Leigh, John Murray [II], and Mary Shelley., 1807-1823, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43348
Scope and Contents The manuscripts here have been broadly arranged in chronological order. First lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. ‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions.Corrected manuscript draft of an untitled poem (“As relics left of saints above …”) in the hand of Byron, undated [?1806]: folio 1;Corrected manuscript of ‘Parody on Sir W. Jones’s Translation from Hafiz – “Sweet...
Dates: 1807-1823, undated.

Negatives of photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron., 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.43416
Scope and Contents The photocopies have been arranged chronologically by the date of the original letter. Some of the photocopies are very faded.Negatives of photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, October-December 1814: folios 1-90;Negatives of photocopies of a letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 91-92;Negatives of photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1816: folios 93-109;Negatives of photocopies of a letter of...
Dates: 20th century.

Photocopies and negatives of photocopies of letters of Lord Byron to Lady Byron., 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.43415
Scope and Contents The photocopies have been arranged chronologically by the date of the original letter. Some of the photocopies are very faded. Photocopies of a letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron with some transcriptions, 1816: folios 3-24;Photocopy of a letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron with a transcription, 1820: folios 25-26; Negative photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron,...
Dates: 20th century.

Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron., 20th century.

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Identifier: MSS.43414-43416
Scope and Contents From the Series: The letters of Byron to his family, friends, publishers and others give a detailed account of his life, thoughts and relationships. Major friendships and relationships can be traced through the correspondence, and his attitude towards his poetry is evident in many of the letters. Many of of these letters have been published in “Byron’s Letters and Journals”, edited by Leslie A Marchand.In addition to Byron’s own letters, there are thousands of letters to the poet. The significant...
Dates: 20th century.

Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron., 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.43414
Scope and Contents Note of John Murray VI relating the provenance of the photocopies, 1969: folio 1;Copy of a letter of John Murray VI to Rayner Unwin, 1969: folio 2;Fragment of a letter possibly of Rayner Unwin to John Murray VI, 1969: folio 3;Note possibly relating to the storage of the original letters, undated: folio 4;Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 5-41;Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1814:...
Dates: 20th century.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Dates: 1870.

Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43341
Scope and Contents There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...
Dates: ?1811-1831, undated.

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Letters. Correspondence. 14
Copies. Derivative objects. 6
Manuscripts. 5
Notes. 4
Poetry. 4