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...

Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Instruction to James Sykes to pay Mary Hillhouse £18 9 shillings, on the account of George Anson Byron, 3 Sep 1789: f.1;Letter of George Anson Byron to James Sykes, not dated [late 18th century]: ff.2-3;Letter of George Anson Byron to Thomas Stilwell, not dated [c.1813]: ff.4-5;Letters of George Anson Byron to Lord Byron, 1811-1815: ff.6-39;Instruction to James...

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;...