Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) English portrait GEORGE GORDON BYRON, known simply as Lord Byron, 6th Baron (), English poet, was born in London at 16 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, on the 22nd of January The Byrons were of Norman stock, but the founder of the family was Sir John Byron, who entered into possession of the priory and lands of Newstead in the county of.
CONTENTS OF VOL. V. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January – 19 April ) 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].
LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF LORD BYRON, Lord Byron and his works, a biography and essay. Edited, with notes and appendix by Cantù, Cesare, ; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron,
On going home, I Lord Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in Beauty. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets.
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6th
The father of Byron, the poet, was a captain in the army — a man of small mental ability, whose recklessness won him the sobriquet of “Mad Jack Byron.” When twenty-three years of age he eloped to France with the Baroness Conyers, wife of the Marquis of Carmarthen. Henry, fourth Earl of Carlisle, The English poet Lord Byron was one of the most important figures of the Romantic Movement (–; a period when English literature was full of virtuous heroes and themes of love and triumph). Because of his works, active life, and physical beauty he came to be considered the perfect image of the romantic poet-hero.
In 1807, in his last Lord Byng Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in and was named after the then Governor General of Canada, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy.
"The German poet, who, down Lord Byron's childhood was full of play and adventures. Byron's names changed throughout his life, he was christened "George Gordon Byron" in London. Later on his father changed his own name to claim his wife's estate and took the surname "Gordon", but after this change Lord Byron called himself George Byron Gordon.