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Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Lord Byron, c. 1810 ©Byron was the ideal of the Romantic poet, gaining notoriety for his scandalous private life and being described by one contemporary as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'.
George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, was born on 22 January 1788 in London. His father died when he was three, with the result that he inherited his title from his great uncle in 1798.
Byron spent his early years in Aberdeen, and was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University. In 1809, he left for a two-year tour of a number of Mediterranean countries. He returned to England in 1811, and in 1812 the first two cantos of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' were published. Byron became famous overnight.
In 1814, Byron's half-sister Augusta gave birth to a daughter, almost certainly Byron's. The following year Byron married Annabella Milbanke, with whom he had a daughter, his only legitimate child. The couple separated in 1816.
Facing mounting pressure as a result of his failed marriage, scandalous affairs and huge debts, Byron left England in April 1816 and n
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Lord Byron
English Romantic poet (1788–1824)
"Byron" and "George Byron" redirect here. For other uses, see Byron (disambiguation) and George Byron (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS | |
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Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips, c. 1813 | |
| Born | George Gordon Byron (1788-01-22)22 January 1788 London, England |
| Died | 19 April 1824(1824-04-19) (aged 36) Missolonghi, Aetolia, Ottoman Empire (present-day Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece) |
| Resting place | Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Claire Clairmont |
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| In office 13 March 1809 – 19 April 1824 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Byron |
| Succeeded by | The 7th Baron Byron |
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer.[1][2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement,[3][4][5] and is regarded as bein
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George Gordon Byron, popularly known as Lord Byron, was born on January 22, 1788, in London, England and is known as one of the most prominent Romantic poets. His father, Captain John "Mad Jack" Byron, was not a responsible man and led a very reckless life and died, leaving Byron and his mother, Catherine Gordon, poor. Catherine and her young son went to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived a relatively simple life. Byron was born with a clubfoot, which was a great source of discomfort and shame; however, he showed great potential in writing.
Byron became a Baron and received Newstead Abbey estate at the age of ten after his great-uncle's death. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he started developing his poetry-writing abilities. Some of his early poems, such as 'Hours of Idleness', received criticism, some quite damaging, and Byron retaliated with 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.' This started Byron's somewhat volatile relationship with the public and critics.
Byron was born in 1788, and in 1809, he joined other young aristocrats in the grand t
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