The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron,
1788-1824
George Gordon Byron Collection
1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830)
8 document boxes, 1 bound volume, 7 oversize boxes, 3 oversize folders (6.3
linear feet)
The George Gordon Byron papers
consist of manuscripts, letters, an account book, engravings, handwritten musical
scores, wills and other documents, and clippings, all ranging in date from 1642 to
1968, with the majority dating from 1798 to 1830.
English
TXRC07-A0
Biographical Sketch
George Gordon Byron was born in London on January 22, 1788, the son of John Mad Jack Byron and Catherine Gordon. His father,
having spent his wife’s inheritance, eventually left for France, where he died when
Byron was three. Byron and his mother lived in Aberdeen until he became the sixth
Baron Byron of Rochdale upon the death of his great uncle, William John Byron, in
1798. At that point, mother and son returned to England and lived briefly at the
ancestral estate, Newstead Abbey. John Hanson, the family’s solicitor, brought Byron
to London for professional treatment of his clubbed foot and enrolled him in school
in Dulwich. Byron attended Harrow from 1801 to 1805, then Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he received his degree in 1808.
Byron had his first book of poetry,
Fugitive Pieces,
privately printed by John Ridge in 1806. Because friends, particularly Reverend
Thomas Becher, criticized the work’s eroticism, he suppressed its publication and
revised it as Poems on Various Occasions (1807). The
work continued to be revised and was published publicly first as Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and
Translated (1808), with a second edition, revised, appearing in 1808. An
unfavorable review of Hours of Idleness spurred Byron
to write his first major poetic work, English Bards, and
Scotch Reviewers (1809), a satirical jab at critics and poets of the day
that also expressed his admiration of neoclassical poets such as John Dryden and
Alexander Pope.
Byron toured the eastern Mediterranean from 1809 to 1811, writing
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812) along the way. The 500
copies of the first edition of Childe Harold,
published by John Murray, sold out in three days, and Byron found himself famous
overnight. The most popular poet of his day, Byron is still considered the
embodiment of English Romanticism. Over the next few years he published six Romantic
verse narratives: The Giaour (1813), The Bride of Abydos (1813), The
Corsair (1814), Lara (1814), and The Siege of Corinth and Parasina (1816). All of these
were well received. Murray continued as Byron’s publisher until 1823.
Byron’s intriguing private life contributed to his popularity. He had affairs with
numerous women and a few men; the most scandalous was with Lady Caroline Lamb. He
also may have had a physical relationship with his half sister, Augusta Leigh, to
whom he was especially close. In 1815, Byron married Anne Isabella (Annabella)
Milbanke. When Annabella’s uncle, Lord Wentworth, died later that year, the
Milbankes changed their name to Noel as his will directed. Byron also added the name
Noel, becoming George Gordon Noel Byron. Byron’s severe financial difficulties
caused him to drink heavily and become hostile to family members, particularly his
wife. In 1816, Annabella left him, taking their infant daughter, Augusta Ada Byron,
to her parents’ home. Charges of cruelty and adultery were augmented by rumors of an
incestuous relationship with Augusta Leigh, and Byron agreed to a legal separation.
He left England for Switzerland, where he was met by fellow poet Percy Bysshe
Shelley, his wife Mary Godwin, and Godwin’s stepsister Claire (Jane) Clairmont, who
was pregnant with Byron’s child (Clara Allegra, who died at age five). Byron and
Shelley developed a close friendship, and Byron wrote several poems during this
time, including
The Prisoner of Chillon and
Prometheus. These were followed by Manfred (1817), a Faustian tragedy.
After spending four months in Switzerland, Byron traveled to Italy, where he spent
the next seven years. Experimenting with a new style (verse in ottava rima), he
wrote
Beppo (1818), which was a more lighthearted
work than his previous writings. This style was repeated in his acclaimed Don Juan, an epic satire left unfinished at the time of
his death. He also wrote several dramas, including Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, and
Cain, A Mystery (1821), which reflected his
growing interest in political issues.
In Italy, Byron initially led a life of debauchery, but in 1819 he formed a lasting
attachment with the Countess Teresa Guiccioli. In July 1823, Byron sailed for Greece
to assist with the war of independence from the Turks. He caught a fever, was bled
with leeches, and died on April 19, 1824.
Sources:
Gatton, John Spalding.
George Gordon Byron.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 96: British Romantic
Poets, 1789-1832, Second Series. The Gale Group, 1990; and Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 110: British Romantic
Prose Writers, 1789-1832, Second Series. The Gale Group, 1991.
The Byron Chronology: A Romantic Circles Scholarly
Resource, University of Maryland,
www.rc.umd.edu/reference/chronologies/ (accessed January 2007).
Index Terms
People
Becher, J. T. (John Thomas),
1770-1840.
Blessington, Charles John Gardiner,
Lord.
Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron,
1786-1869.
Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824.
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron,
Baroness, 1792-1860.
Byron, Catherine Gordon.
Byron, John, 1756-1791.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.
Crombie, Alexander, 1762?-1840?
Crosby, Ben.
Dallas, Robert Charles.
Dawkins, Edward James, 1792-1865.
Farquhar, James.
Guiccioli, Alessandre, 1817-1840.
Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di,
1800-1873.
Hanson, John.
Hardy, Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley,
Lady.
Harrington, Leicester Stanhope, Earl
of, 1784-1862.
Hodgson, Francis, 1781-1852.
Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828.
Lamb, Caroline Rosalie St. Jules,
Lady.
Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of,
1815-1852.
Maurokordatos, Alexandros, 1791-1865.
Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859.
Murray, John, 1778-1843.
Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget, 1783-1866.
Ridge, John.
Roberts, Daniel.
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832.
Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844.
Staël, Madame de
(Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817.
Taaffe, John, 1787-1862.
Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881.
Webster-Wedderburn, James, Sir,
1789-1840.
Subjects
Authors, English.
English literature.
Poets, English.
Romanticism.
Document Types
Account books.
Scores.
Wills.
Scope and Contents
The George Gordon Byron papers consist of manuscripts, letters, an account book,
engravings, handwritten musical scores, wills and other documents, and clippings,
all ranging in date from 1642 to 1968, with the majority dating from 1798-1830. The
material is organized in three series: I. Works and Personal Papers, 1805-1829,
1968, undated; II. Correspondence, 1798-1832, 1859, undated; and III. Third Party
Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1642, 1761, 1782-1872, 1896-1949, undated. This
collection was previously accessible through a card catalog but has been
re-cataloged as part of a retrospective conversion project.
The Works series is arranged alphabetically by title. While most of the manuscripts
are in Byron’s hand, some are copies in the hand of his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke
Byron, and other persons. Typescript copies are also present. Among Byron’s
manuscripts are
Cain, A Mystery; Canto VIII and Canto
IX of Don Juan; The Island:
Or, Christian and His Comrades; Ode to Napoléon
Buonaparte; Sardanapolus; and The Siege of Corinth. English
Bards, and Scotch Reviewers is represented by a handwritten fragment by
Byron, as well as a bound copy in an unidentified hand; an 1817 bound copy in an
unidentified hand of the fourth edition; and a printed book interleaved with
pasted-in autographs, manuscript notes, portraits of well-known authors, and copies
of poems about Byron dating from 1812-1819. Many of Byron’s short poems are present,
including Childish Recollections,
I Saw Thee Weep,
To a Knot of Ungenerous Critics, and To E. N. Long. Also included are an account book
dating from 1819 to 1820, with additional entries by Teresa Guiccioli, and a draft
and final copy of Byron’s 1811 will.
The Correspondence series is divided into two subseries: A. Letters, 1806-1831,
undated; and B. Bound Letters, 1798-1832, 1859, undated. Subseries A consists of
Byron’s outgoing letters, with the exception of letters from Thomas Denman to his
sister, Joseph Jekyll to Thomas Ryder, and Georg Freiherr von Ompteda to _____
Delafield, all located with Byron’s letter to John Jackson. Subseries B., Bound
Letters, consists of letters by Byron and others, bound together or formerly bound
together, and contains some items other than letters. Most of the bound letters are
outgoing letters from Byron, but Letters I includes letters from Teresa Guiccioli to
Marguerite Blessington, Caroline Lamb to Sydney Morgan, Judith Wentworth Noel to
James Burges, a pencil drawing by Caroline Lamb, manuscripts by Byron, and two locks
of Byron’s hair, as well as engravings and an illuminated history of Newstead Abbey.
Included with Byron’s letters in Letters III are letters from Lady Byron to Anna
Jameson, Emily Milner, and Lady Portsmouth; from Catherine Gordon Byron to Augusta
Leigh and James Farquhar; from Charlotte Williams to her uncle; from Lega Zambelli
to Geo. Batta Missiaglia; and manuscript poems by Lady Byron. Incoming letters to
Byron from Edward Dawkins, _____ Storiferri, and John Taaffe, as well as letters
between those men, Lorenzo Collini, W. Dunn, Captain John Hay, Marquis Mansi, and
Lega Zambelli, all regarding the Pisan Affray, are bound together in Letters IV.
Letters V includes, besides letters by Byron, letters by R. Goddard and Caroline
Lamb to Sydney Morgan, a note by Lady Morgan, a handwritten charter of the brig
Hercules by Byron and John Scott, artwork of
Greek revolutionaries by Henry Martin, and a manuscript of Byron’s translation of
Riga’s
War Song of the Greeks. Letters VI
includes letters from Byron to Daniel Roberts and James Holmes regarding the death
of Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as engravings of the poets and clippings about
Shelley. In Letters VII, a letter from Catherine Gordon Byron to John Hanson is
located with letters from Byron to John Ridge, William John Bankes, and an
unidentified recipient regarding his Poems on Various
Occasions and Hours of Idleness, as well
as an illustration of Byron at Cambridge. Letters II and Letters X through XIV all
contain only letters from Byron, including one from Byron to Daniel Roberts
regarding Shelley’s death.
Series III., Third Party Correspondence and Manuscripts, includes letters and
manuscript poems by Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron; correspondence by Catherine Gordon
Byron; musical manuscripts by Thomas Hastings, including the opera he composed based
on Byron’s
Manfred; and a manuscript by Elizabeth
Bridget Pigot of The Wonderful History of Lord Byron
& His Dog, as well as correspondence by other individuals.
Within numbered miscellaneous groups, there are letters from Augusta Leigh to Anne
Isabella Milbanke Bryon, Francis Hodgson, and others; letters regarding Byron’s
birth; letters from Teresa Guiccioli regarding Byron; a bound collection of poems,
articles, and other materials relating to Byron; and letters from Anne Isabella
Milbanke Bryon, primarily to her friend Harriet Siddons.
A complete Index of Correspondents in the Byron archive is located at the end of this
inventory. All works by Byron and others are listed in the Index of Works.
Acquisition:
Purchases, 1961 (R887), 1964 (R2209), 1965 (R2722), 1966, 1970, 1974, 1977 (R7837),
and Gift, 1970
Access:
Open for research
Processed by:
Katherine Mosley, 2007
Other materials relating to Byron at the Ransom Center may be found in the Prints
Collection as well as the Augusta Leigh, Walter Scott, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
manuscript collections and the Stark Collection of books.
An 1823 pencil sketch of Byron by Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D’Orsay and an 1824 oil on
ivory painting by G. H. Harding of Byron dressed in Greek costume have been removed
to the Center’s Art Collection.
Container List
Series I. Works and Personal Papers, 1805-1829, 1968,
undated
1
1
A-Z
1
Adieu to the Muse
1
2
Manuscript, 1807
1
3
Manuscript copy in unidentified hand, 1828
1
4
Bright Be the Place of Thy
Soul!, manuscript copy in the hand of Lady Bryon with revisions
in Lord Byron’s hand, [1815] (previously in Misc. I)
1
Cain, A Mystery
1
5
Bound manuscript, 1821 (Works II)
1
6-7
Lord Byron’s Cain: Twelve Essays and a
Text with Variants and Annotations by Truman Guy
Steffan, printed fascicles, 1968
1
8
Childish Recollections
[poem], manuscript, undated (Works IV)
1
*
Demise by Way of Mortgage,
manuscript, undated (Works V, *removed to oversize folder 1)
1
Don Juan
1
*
Canto VIII, manuscript, July 1822 (*removed to oversize box
8)
1
9
Canto IX, Stanzas 1-8 [and Canto III, Stanzas 1-2],
manuscript, 10 July 1819
1
English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers
1
10
Manuscript fragment. Bound with letter from Catherine Gordon
Byron to John Hanson, 1809; letter from Byron to Hodgson, 1809;
printed portrait of Byron, 1829; and color print of Newstead Abbey
(Works VIII)
1
11
Bound manuscript copy in unknown hand, [1809?] (Works IX)
2
1
Bound manuscript copy in unknown hand of the fourth edition,
1817
2
2
Printed book (2nd edition, London, 1809). Interleaved with
portraits and signatures of Wordsworth, Southey, et. al.; undated
letter from Sir Walter Scott to Dr. Clarke; and manuscript notes,
including copy of excerpt of letter from Byron to John Murray, 7
February 1821. Bound with copies of poems re. Byron by various
authors, 1812-1819, and with receipt from Byron to John Hanson, 23
April 1806, pasted in (Works XXI)
2
3
[From the French] Must thou go, my glorious chief…,
manuscript copy in the hand of Lady Byron, undated (previously in Misc.
I)
2
4
I Saw Thee Weep [poem, from
Hebrew Melodies], manuscript, undated
(Works X)
2
*
The Island: or, Christian and His
Comrades, manuscript, 10-14 January 1823 (*Works XI, removed to
oversize box 8)
2
Ode to Napoléon Buonaparte
2
*
Bound manuscript titled Ode, undated. With color portrait of Napoleon (*Works XII,
removed to oversize box 9)
2
5
Illuminated miniature manuscript copy by B. N. Budd, undated
(Works XIII)
3
Personal Papers
3
1
Account book, 1819-1820, with additional entries by Countess
Guiccioli, and handwritten fragment, undated (previously in
Miscellaneous)
3
*
Last will and testament, bound manuscript draft, 1811 (*Misc.
VI, removed to oversize box 10)
3
*
Last will and testament, manuscript, 23 August 1811 (*Misc.
VII, removed to oversize box 11
3
2
[Poems] [Lines] to a lady
weeping; From the Turkish;
Two sonnets to Genevra; Farewell; manuscript in unidentified
hand, March 1812 (previously in Miscellaneous)
3
3
Prim Mary Ann [poem],
manuscript, ca. 1805, bound with typescript copy (Works XIV)
3
*
Sardanapolus, manuscript, with
notes for the play, undated (Works XVI, *removed to oversize box 12)
3
*
The Siege of Corinth, manuscript,
undated, and printed pages, bound, 30 _____ 1815, with engraving of
Byron by T. Lupton, 1824 (Works XVII, *removed to oversize box 9)
3
4
Soliloquy of a Bard in the
Country [poem], manuscript, [1806], with manuscript copy [by
Elizabeth Pigot], undated (Works XVIII)
3
*
Some Recollections of My Acquaintance
with Madame Staël, manuscript, 4 August 1821 (Works XV,
*removed to oversize folder 2)
3
5
To a Knot of Ungenerous
Critics, manuscript, 1 December 1806, bound with typescript copy
(Works XX)
3
6
To E. N. [Edward Noel] Long
[poem], manuscript, undated, bound with typescript copy (Works XIX)
3
7*
To Mr. Phillips the
bookseller [poem], photocopy and typescript copy of manuscript /
forgery by Major George Byron written on six blank pages of vol. 4 of an
edition of The Works of Peter Pindar.
Written on blank page preceding the poem is a note in the same hand
about Peter Pindar's (Dr. Walcot's) supposed prophecy concerning
Alderman Skinner of London. (*Original manuscript is located with the
Stark Library, HRC STARK 6821-6821C HRC STK)
Series II. Correspondence, 1798-1832, 1859, undated
Subseries A. Letters,
1806-1831, undated
3
8
Unidentified, December 1814 and 15 July 1821
3
9
A-B
3
10
Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of
3
11
C-D
3
12
Crosby, Ben
3
13
E-G
3
14
Ha-He
3
15
Hardy, Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley, Lady
4
1
Ho-Hz
4
2
I-S
4
3
T-Z
4
Subseries B. Bound Letters,
1798-1832, 1859, undated
4
*
Letters I, The Abbey of Newstede:
Photographs, Letters, Manuscripts, and Pictures Relating To
Newstead Abbey, illuminated history of the abbey,
letters, and engravings, 1803-1832, undated; with note re. drawing
by Caroline Lamb, undated; manuscripts of untitled verse, [1807];
preface to Hours of Idleness,
undated; Lines to Mr. Hodgson,
1809; and Ossian’s Address to the Sun in
<emph render="italic">Carthon</emph>, 1805 (*removed
to oversize box 13)
4
4
Letters II, Original Autograph
Letters, 1808-1823, 1859, undated
4
*
Letters III, Letters and poem by Byron, undated, 1807-1823;
letters and poems by Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, 1854, undated;
and letters by Catherine Gordon Byron, 1798, 1801 (*removed to
oversize box 14)
4
5
Letters IV, Dawkins, Edward / Pisan Affray, 1822
4
*
Letters V, Byroniana,
letters by Byron and others, 1823-1828, with handwritten manuscript
of Byron’s translation of Riga’s The War Song
of the Greeks, undated; charter document for the brig
Hercules, undated; and two
portraits of Greek revolutionaries by Henry Martin, undated
(*removed to oversize box 9)
4
6
Letters VI, letters Concerning
the Drowning of Shelley, 1822-1823, bound with
engravings of Byron, Shelley, etc. and clippings re. Shelley
4
7
Letters VII, Relating to <emph
render="italic">Poems on Various Occasions and Hours of
Idleness</emph>, 1805-1807
5
1
Letters X, Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Lord, 1823
5
2
Letters XI, Dallas, Robert Charles, 1811
5
3
Letters XII, Hanson, John, 1815
5
4
Letters XIII, Harness, William, 1808-1811
5
5
Letters XIV, Letter of Lord Byron
[to Daniel Roberts] on the Finding of the Body of P. B. Shelley,
Pisa, July 21, 1822
Series III. Third Party Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1642, 1761, 1782-1872,
1896-1949, undated
5
6
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke. Manuscript poem to Miss Milner
beginning To say - to feel - 'I take my
all...,' undated, and correspondence, 1819, 1845, 1846,
undated
5
7
Byron, Catherine Gordon. Correspondence, 1809, 1811
5
8
Byron, William Byron. Letter, 1761
5
9
Grioli, Letiando. Correspondence, 1839, 1840
5
10-11
Guiccioli, Alessandro. Correspondence, 1820-1830, and petition to
the Pope, Leo XII, undated
5
12
Guiccioli, Ignazio. Letter, 1827
5
13
Guiccioli, Teresa. Note, undated
5
14
Hanson, Charles. Handwritten note, 1845, explaining envelope of
12 March 1808 by Urania, Countess Dowager of Portsmouth
6
1
Hastings, Thomas. Manfred (Opera
composed by Thomas Hastings, from the dramatic poem of Lord Byron),
handwritten musical score, 1833-1836. Bound with his Bird of the Wilderness, music
manuscript, 1831, and Hear O Israel,
two music manuscripts, undated, 1836 (altered 1843); and engraving of
Astarte by H. T. Ryall, 1835
6
2
House, Aston. Letter, 1837
6
3
King, A. I. Noel. Letters re. Powerless are thy magic numbers... by Anne Byron,
undated
6
4
Macmillan, Frederick. Letter to William Heinemann re. William
Ernest Henley’s edition of Byron, 1896
6
5
Montanari, D. Copy of letter, 1824
6
6
Murray, John. Letter, 1829
6
7
Pigot, Cuthbert Becher. Correspondence, 1934, 1949
6
8
Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget. The
Wonderful History of Lord Byron & His Dog, signed
and illustrated manuscript, 1807. With photograph of Pigot and note by
Pigot, 1854
6
9
Pratt, Willis Winslow. Lord Byron and
His Circle: A Calendar of Manuscripts in the University of Texas
Library, corrected typescript, undated
6
10
Wurts, Louisa West. Letter, 1905, re. portrait of Byron by
William E. West
6
11
Zilari, Susan. Letter, 1942, re. Powerless are thy Magic numbers... by Anne
Byron
6
Numbered Manuscript Groups:
6
Misc. I
6
Unidentified author
6
12
Byromania and
Divination,
manuscript copies in the hand of Lady Byron, possibly cut
from an album, undated
6
13
From thee such
strains... [poem], manuscript, undated
6
14
George Byron, son of J[ohn]
Byron, manuscript fragment re. Byron’s right to
inherit barony, undated
6
15
On the Death of Lord
Byron, manuscript, undated
6
16
Bolton, Samuel. Correspondence, 1798
6
17
Boord & Ridpath. Letter, 1798
6
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, baroness
6
18
Manuscript poems, 1822, 1833, undated, and printed
poem, undated
6
19
Powerless are thy magic
numbers… [untitled poem in response to Byron’s
Fare Thee Well,
attributed to Lady Byron], manuscript in unidentified hand,
undated
6
20
Correspondence, 1814, 1817, 1827
6
21
Correspondence to Augusta Leigh, [1815-1851?]
6
22
Byron, Catherine Gordon. Correspondence, 1788, 1798,
undated
6
23
Byron, Elizabeth Shaw. Letter, 14 January
n.y.
6
24
Byron, John. Handwritten will, 21 June 1791
6
*
Byron, John, 1723-1786. Letter, 21 February 1784
(*oversize folder 3)
6
25
Byron, John Byron, Baron, 1598 or 9-1652. Correspondence,
1642
6
26
Byron, Sophia Trevannion. Correspondence, 1782, n.y.
6
27
Byron, William Byron, Baron. Letter, 1778
6
28
Byron, William John. Correspondence, 1784,
1791
6
29
[Colman, George]. To the
Anti-Slavery Advocate, manuscript copy in the hand
of Lady Byron, undated. Written on the verso is a letter from
Lady Byron to unidentified recipient, 16 October
n.y.
6
30
Crombie, Alexander. Correspondence, 1795-1798
6
31
Farquhar, James. Correspondence, 1795, 1798, and
manuscript copy of document, 1796
7
1
Gamba, Pietro. Handwritten document, 29 April 1824
7
2
Hanson, John. Correspondence, 1798
7
3
Leigh, Augusta. Correspondence, 1816-1830
7
4
Leigh, Frances Byron. Letter, 1795
7
5
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory). Lord Byron and To Greece, on the Death of Lord
Byron, handwritten manuscript, 13 August
1824
7
6
Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of. Correspondence, 1823,
1845, undated
7
7
Milbanke, Ralph, Sir. Letter, 18 October 1809
7
8
Moore, Thomas. The Living
Dog and the Dead
Lion, manuscript, undated
7
9
Smith, Constance Spencer. Letter, 1 October
1817
7
10
Taylor, John. Lines on the
Portrait of the Late Lord Byron Painted by R.
Westall, manuscript, [1820]
7
11
Vandercom, ______. Letter, 4 May 1792
7
12
Wharton, _____. Dr.
Lushington is of opinion that Lady Noel Byron must…,
manuscript copy, 30 November 1830
7
13
[White, Joseph Blanco]. Mysterious night! when our first parent knew…,
manuscript, undated
7
14
Misc. II, Letters Regarding the
Birth of Lord Byron, 1788, bound, with typescript copies
7
15
Misc. III, Letters from The
Countess Guiccioli Relating to Lord Byron, 1863-1872,
bound with typescript copies
7
16
Misc. IV, Trelawny, Edward John. Letter, April
1858
7
17
Misc. V, Wright, John. Letter, 8 July 1824
7
*
Misc. VI--see 3* Last will and testament
7
*
Misc. VII--see 3* Last will and testament
7
18
Misc. VIII, bound collection of handwritten and printed
materials with poems, articles, portraits, etc. re. Lord Byron by
various authors, undated
7
*
Misc. IX, Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness.
Letters, with poems, to Harriet Siddons, 1817-1841; letters to
Elizabeth Harriet (Siddons) Mair, 1829-1857; letters to Major Mair;
manuscript of To Mrs. Henry
Siddons, Sept. 1844 (*bound volume 1)
8-14
Oversize Materials
Index of Correspondents
- Babbage, _____--7.6
- Barry, C. [Charles] F. --3.9
- Barry, J. C. --4.4
- Becher, J. T. (John Thomas), 1770-1840--3.9
- Blaquiere, Edward--3.9
- Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Lord--3.10, 5.1
- Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849--oversize
box 13
- Bolton, Samuel--6.16, 6.31
- Boord & Ridpath--6.17
- Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872--oversize box 9, oversize
box 14
- Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869--3.9
- Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824--4.4, 5.6, oversize
box 13
- Byron, _____--5.8
- Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness,
1792-1860--3.9, 5.6, 6.20-21, 6.29, 7.3, oversize box 13, bound
volume 1
- Byron, Catherine Gordon--1.10, 4.7, 5.7, 6.22, 6.31,
7.14, oversize box 13, oversize box 14
- Byron, Elizabeth Shaw, d. 1788--6.23
- Byron, John, 1723-1786--oversize folder 3
- Byron, John, [1756-1791] --6.22, 6.24, 7.14
- Byron, John Byron, Baron, 1598 or 9-1652 [First Baron]
--6.25
- Byron, Sophia--6.20, 6.26
- Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798--5.8, 6.27
- Byron, William John--6.28
- Cazenove, James--oversize box 13
- Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822--2.2, 3.11, oversize box
14
- Crombie, Alexander, 1762?-1840? --6.22, 6.30-31
- Crosby, Ben--3.12, oversize box 13
- Dallas, Robert Charles--3.11, oversize box 13, oversize
box 14
- Davy, Jane Kerr Apreece, Lady--3.11
- Dawkins, Edward James, 1792-1865? --3.11, 4.5
- Delafield, _____--4.2
- Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854--4.2
- Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of,
1758-1824--3.11
- Doyle, Frank--6.20
- Estonomal, comte d’--7.6
- Fagnani, Emma--7.15
- Farquhar, James--6.16-17, 6.30-31, 7.2, 7.4, oversize box
14
- Farquharson, _____--7.14
- Fletcher, _____--6.11
- Forresti, George--oversize box 14
- Freeling, Francis, Sir, 1764-1836--3.13, 5.7
- Galignani, Mr. (Giovanni Antonio), 1757-1821--3.13
- Galt, John, 1779-1839--3.13
- Goddard, R.--oversize box 9
- Grioli, Letiando--5.9
- Grolier Club--3.10
- Guiccioli, Alessandre, 1817-1840--3.13, 5.10-11, 6.5
- Guiccioli, Ignazio--5.12
- Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873--3.13, 5.13,
7.15, oversize box 13
- [Hanson], _____--3.14
- Hanson, Charles--3.14, 5.14
- Hanson, John--1.10, 2.2, 3.14, 4.7, 5.3, 5.7, 7.2,
oversize box 13, oversize box 14
- Hardy, Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley, Lady--3.15
- Harness, William, 1790-1869--5.4, oversize box 14
- Harrington, Leicester Stanhope, Earl of, 1784-1862--3.14
- Hay, John--4.5, oversize box 13, oversize box 14
- Heinemann, William, 1863-1920--6.4
- Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958--3.10
- Hodgson, Francis, 1781-1852--1.10, 4.1, 7.3
- Holmes, James, 1777-1860--4.6, 7.3
- Hoppner, Richard Belgrave, Esq.--4.1, 4.4
- House, Aston--6.2
- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859--4.4, oversize box 13
- Jackson, John Gentleman,
1769-1845--4.2
- James F. Drake, Inc. (Marston E.
Drake)--3.4
- Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860--5.6, oversize box 14
- Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837--4.2
- Johannes, G., Count--7.15
- [Jones, Thomas, Rev.] --4.2
- Lake, J. W. --4.4
- Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828--oversize box 9, oversize
box 13
- Lamb, Caroline Rosalie St. Jules, Lady--7.6, oversize box
13, oversize box 14
- Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851--6.21, 7.3, oversize box 14,
oversize folder 3
- Leigh, Frances--6.31, 7.4
- Leslie, John--7.14
- Linsay, Robert M.--6.10
- Longman & Co.--6.20
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852--7.6
- MacCarthy, J. N.--4.4
- [Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832]--4.2
- Macmillan, Frederick Orridge, Sir, 1851-1936--6.4
- Mair, _____, Major--bound volume 1
- [Mair, Elizabeth Harriet (Siddons), Mrs.], d 1876 or
7--bound volume 1
- Maurokordatos, Alexandros, 1791-1865--7.3
- Milbanke, Ralph, Sir--7.7
- Milner, _____--7.16
- Milner, Emily--6.20, oversize box 14
- Missiaglia, Geo. Batta--oversize box 14
- Montanari, D.--6.5
- Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859--oversize box 9,
oversize box 13
- Muir, Henry--oversize box 9
- Murray, John, 1778-1843--2.2, 4.2, 6.6, oversize box 13,
oversize box 14
- Noel, Judith Wentworth, Lady, d. 1822--oversize box 13
- Ompteda, Georg, Freiherr von, 1863-1931--4.2
- Orville, [Henry] d’--4.2, oversize box 13
- [Parucca, Demetrius]--4.2
- [Perry, James]--4.4
- Pigot, Cuthbert Becher--6.7
- Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget, 1783-1866--6.8
- Pinicaine, John F.--7.14
- Portsmouth, _____ Lady--oversize box 14
- Putnam, _____--5.6
- Pye, John--4.4
- Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth, 1888- --3.4, 6.7
- Rathbone, William--5.6
- Rawdon, _____--4.2
- Reid, _____--5.6
- [Ridge, John] --4.2, 4.4, 4.7
- Ridgeway, _____--oversize box 14
- Roberts, Daniel--4.2, 4.6, 5.5, 7.17, oversize box 9
- Rogers, _____--oversize box 14
- Ryder, Thomas--4.2
- Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832--2.2
- Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844--bound volume 1
- Smith, Constance Spencer--7.9
- Smith, Sydney--7.9
- Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817--4.2
- Stevens, G.--4.2
- Sykes, _____--6.26, 7.11
- Taaffe, John, 1787-1862--4.3-5, oversize box 14
- Taglioni, Domenico--5.9-12
- Thomson, G.--4.3
- Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881--7.16
- University of Texas at Austin. Miriam Lutcher Stark
Library (Fannie Ratchford)--3.4, 6.7
- [Valpy, R. (Richard), 1754-1836]--oversize box 14
- Vandercom, _____--7.11
- Watson, James--6.22, 7.14
- Webster, Godfrey Vassal, Sir, 1789-1836--4.3
- Webster-Wedderburn, James, Sir, 1789-1840--4.3-4,
oversize box 13
- Williams, Charlotte--oversize box 14
- Wilmot, _____--6.28
- Wright, J. (John), 1770?-1844--7.17
- Wurts, Louisa West--6.10
- Zambelli, Lega--4.5, oversize box 14
- Zilari, Susan--6.3, 6.11
- Unidentified recipients--3.8, 4.2 (under John Jackson),
4.5, 6.6, oversize box 13, oversize box 14
Index of Works
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Works by Byron:
- Adieu to the Muse--1.2-3
- All Hail, Mount Blanc!--1.1
- Anacreon, odes 34 and 47--1.1
- And must the hag Lucinda’s power
invoke…--oversize box 13
- Bright Be the Place of Thy
Soul--1.4
- Cain, A Mystery--1.5-7
- Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt.
Canto II, Stanza 9--1.1
- Childish Recollections--1.8
- Corsair, The--1.1
- Demise by Way of
Mortgage--oversize folder 1
- Don Juan, Canto III, Stanzas 1-2--1.9
- Don Juan, Canto VIII--oversize box 8
- Don Juan, Canto IX, Stanzas 1-8--1.9
- Eis Lōrag--1.1
- Eis Rōdog-Ode 5--1.1
- English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers--1.10-11, 2.1-2
- Farewell--3.2
- From the French--2.3
- From the Turkish--3.2
- Giaour, The--1.1
-
He never can die… [fragments on
verso of Hear My Prayer]--1.1
- Hear My Prayer--1.1
- Hints from Horace--1.1
- Hours of Idleness (preface)--1.1,
oversize box 13
- I Saw Thee Weep--2.4
- Island: or, Christian and His Comrades,
The--oversize box 8
- Lines to a Lady Weeping--3.2
- Lines to Mr. Hodgson Written on board the
Lisbon Packet--oversize box 13
- My first is the nymph I adore…--1.1 (on verso of Hear My Prayer)
- Ode to Napoléon Buonaparte--1.1,
2.5, oversize box 9
- On Parting--1.1
- Ossian’s Address to the Sun in <emph
render="singlequote">Carthon</emph>--oversize box 13
- Prim Mary Ann--3.3
- Sardanapolus--oversize box 12
- Siege of Corinth, The--oversize box 9
- Soliloquy of a Bard in the
Country--3.4
- Some Recollections of My Acquaintance with
Madame Staël--oversize folder 2
- Sonnets to Genevra--3.2
- To a Knot of Ungenerous
Critics--3.5
- To Edward Noel Long--3.6
- To Eliza--1.1
- To Miss H. an Ancient Virgin Who Tormented
the Author to Write Something on her Sweet Self--1.1
- To Mr. Phillips the
Bookseller--3.7
- To One Who Promised on a Lock of
Hair--1.1
- To the Author of a Sonnet Beginning 'Sad
is my verse,' you say, 'and yet no tear'--oversize box 14
- Translation from the Portuguese [Tu Mi
Chamas] [For moments to delight
devoted...]--1.1 (on verso of Hear My Prayer)
- Tu Mi Chamas [Translation from the
Portuguese]--1.1 (on verso of Hear My
Prayer)
- War song of the Greeks,
The--oversize box 9
- Written after Swimming from Sertos to
Abydos--1.1
- You ask me so oft, & so warmly to
write…--1.1
-
Works by Others:
- Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, baroness
- As One, in Suffering All Who
Suffers Nothing--oversize box 14
-
Cathedral, The--6.18
- A crown surrounds the cross with a
lucid circle/globe…--6.18
- I should have told you
that….--6.18
-
Minister, The--oversize box
14
-
Not under the First Emotions of
Grief--6.18
-
Oh No! Tis Not the Stranger’s
Hand--6.18
-
On Leaving My Cottage at Dover Where
I Had Spent the Winter--6.18
-
On Reading Lines to _____’s
Memory--6.18
-
Sonnet on Reuben’s
Picture--oversize box 14
-
Sonnet without a Tail,
A--6.18
-
Sounds from the Shore--6.18
-
To Georgiana--6.18
-
To Mrs. Henry Siddons--bound
volume 1
-
To say - to feel - I take my
all...--5.6
-
To the Widow--oversize box
14
-
While Angels at the Lighted Altar
Stand--6.18
- Hastings, Thomas
- Bird of the
Wilderness--6.1
-
Hear O Israel--6.1
- Manfred--6.1
- Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
- Lord Byron--7.5
-
To Greece, on the Death of Lord
Byron--7.5
- Moore, Thomas. The <emph render="singlequote">Living Dog</emph>
and the <emph render="singlequote">Dead Lion</emph>--7.8
- Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget. The Wonderful
History of Lord Byron & His Dog--6.8
- Pratt, Willis Winslow. Lord Byron and His
Circle: A Calendar of Manuscripts in the University of Texas
Library--6.9
- Riga. The War Song of the Greeks
[translation by Byron]--oversize box 9
- Taylor, John. Lines on the Portrait of the
Late Lord Byron, Painted by Westall, R.--7.10
- Wharton, _____. Dr. Lushington is of
opinion that Lady Noel Byron must…--7.12
- White, Joseph Blanco. Mysterious night!
when our first parent knew…--7.13
- Unidentified author
- From Thee Such
Strains--6.13
- The Mother to Her
Child--6.18
- On the Death of Lord
Byron--6.15