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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 being among the greatest of British poets. [ 6 ]
Byron in his late teens. 1804–1806. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale, better known as the poet Lord Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in Holles Street, London, England, and from 2 years old raised by his mother in Aberdeen, Scotland before moving back to England aged 10. His life was complicated by his father, who died deep in ...
Mother (Catherine Gordon) took lodgings in Queen Street, Aberdeen. 1791. 2 August – Father (John "Mad Jack" Byron) died in France never having seen his son. Mother moved to flat in 64 Broad Street, Aberdeen. 1794–1798 – At Aberdeen Grammar School. 1798. 21 May – George Gordon Byron became 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale on death of great-uncle.
The full title was Hours of Idleness; a Series of Poems Original and Translated, by George Gordon, Lord Byron, a Minor. It consisted of 187 pages with thirty-nine poems. Of these, nineteen came from the original Fugitive Pieces volume, while eight had first appeared in Poems on Various Occasions. Twelve were published for the first time.
Byron henceforth became known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron". He was succeeded by his great-nephew, George Gordon Byron , the sixth Baron, the famous Romantic poet. He was the son of John "Mad Jack" Byron , son of Vice-Admiral John "Foulweather Jack" Byron , second son of the fourth Baron and the younger brother of the fifth Baron.
Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 1 November 1793) was a British nobleman and politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780. An eccentric and flighty personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822) was the illegitimate daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Claire Clairmont. [ 1 ] Born in Bath , England, she was initially named Alba , meaning "dawn", or "white", by her mother.
George, the second Earl of Huntley, married the Princess Annabella Stuart, daughter of James I. of Scotland. By her he left four sons: the third, Sir William Gordon, I have the honour to claim as one of my progenitors. In the fifth stanza, Byron laments his exile from Scotland: