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 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824', at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Letter of Lady Byron to John Hanson, 9 Jan 1816: folios 1-2;

Letter of Lady Byron to John Hanson, 12 Jan 1816: folios 3-4;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, [15 Jan 1816]: folios 5-6;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 16 Jan 1816 with exhibition label: folios 7-9;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 18 Jan 1816: folios 10-11;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 19 Jan 1816: folios 12-13;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 20 Jan 1816 with exhibition label: folios 14-16;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 28 Jan 1816: folios 17-18;

Letter of Sir Ralph Noel to Lord Byron, 2 Feb 1816 with exhibition label: folios 19-21;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Sir Ralph Noel, 2 Feb 1816: folios 22-25;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 3 Feb 1816 with exhibition label: folios 26-28;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 4 Feb 1816: folios 29-30;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, 5 Feb 1816: folio 31;

Copy of a letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Lady Byron, 6 Feb 1816: folios 32-37;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 7 Feb 1816: folios 38-40;

Letter of Lady Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 7 Feb 1816: folios 41-42;

Copy of a letter of Lady Byron to Sir Ralph Noel, 7 Feb 1816: folios 43-44;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 8 Feb 1816: folios 45-46;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, 8 Feb 1816: folios 47-48;

Letter of Sir Ralph Noel to Lord Byron, 8 Feb 1816: folios 49-51;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 11 Feb 1816: folios 52-53;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 12 Feb 1816: folios 54-56;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 12 Feb 1816: folios 57-58;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 13 Feb 1816: folios 59-60;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, 15 Feb 1816: folios 61-62;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 21 Feb 1816: folio 63;

Letter of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 22 Feb 1816: folios 64-65;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 29 Feb 1816: folios 66-67;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, 4 Mar 1816: folios 68-69;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 4 Mar 1816: folios 70-71;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 5 Mar 1816, with exhibition label: folios 72-75;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Lady Byron, 5 Mar 1816: folios 76-77;

Letter of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh, 7 Mar 1816: folio 78;

Letter of Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron, not dated [early Mar 1816]: folios 79-80;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 9 Mar 1816: folios 81-82;

Letter of Henry Vassall Fox, Lord Holland, to Lord Byron, [early March] 1816: folios 83-84;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse and Sir Rober John Wilmot-Horton, 11 Mar 1816: folios 85-86;

Letter of Lord Byron to Sir Samuel Romilly, in the hand of John Cam Hobhouse, 15 Mar 1816: folio 87;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Lady Byron, 15 Mar 1816: folio 88;

Letter of Lady Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 16 Mar 1816: folios 89-90;

Draft agreement on the separation of Lord and Lady Byron, [16 Mar 1816]: folio 91;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Lady Byron, [18 Mar 1816]: folio 92;

Letter of Lady Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 18 Mar 1816: folios 93-94;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 19 Mar 1816: folios 95-96;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 19 Mar 1816: folios 97-98;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, [20-25 Mar 1816]: folio 99;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 22 Mar 1816: folios 100-101;

Letter of Henry Vassall Fox, Lord Holland, to Lord Byron, 26 Mar 1816: folios 102-103;

Letter of Douglas Kinnaird to Lord Byron, 26 Mar 1816: folios 104;

Letter of Samuel Rogers to Lord Byron, [26 Mar 1816]: folios 105-106;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 27 Mar 1816: folio 107;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, Mar 1816: folios 108-109;

Letter of Judith Milbanke-Noel, Lady Noel, to Lord Byron, 8 Apr 1816: folios 110-111;

Letter of Mary Ann Clermont to Lord Byron, 9 Apr 1816: folio 112;

Letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, 10 Apr 1816: folios 113-115;

Copy of a letter of Lord Byron to Lady Byron, in her hand, 10 Apr 1816: folios 116-117;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Hanson, 12 Apr 1816: folio 118;

Letter of Gerard Blisson Wharton to Lord Byron, 13 Apr 1816: folio 119;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 17 Apr 1816: folio 120-121;

Letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 18 Apr 1816: folios 122-123;

Letter of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, [20 Apr 1816]: folios 124-126;

Letter of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, [21 Apr 1816]: folios 127-129;

Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Francis Hastings Doyle, [21 Apr 1816]: folios 130-131;

Letter of Lord Byron to Madame Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein, 24 Aug 1816: folio 132;

Letter of Henry Vassall Fox, Lord Holland, to Lord Byron, undated [1816]: folios 133-134;

Memoranda of the assets and income of Lord and Lady Byron [1816]: folios 135-137;

Letter of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 21 Sep [1824]: folios 138-139;

Copy of an 1816 letter of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, undated (the original of this letter can be located at folios 7-9 of this manuscript): folios 140-141;

Copy of a declaration of Lady Byron with related information, undated: folios 142-143;

Copy of a proposition by John Cam Hobhouse, undated: folios 144-145;

Copies of letters, 1816, of Lady Byron to Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne, with a copy of a note to Abraham Hayward, 1870: folios 146-148.