Lord Byron

Lord Byron

1. George Gordon Noel Byron

   • Born 1788, died age 36 in 1824
   • Aristocrat
   • Freethinker
   • Championed liberty
   • He married Anabella Milbank who was a 20 year old bluestocking in 2815
     • Had a daughter named Augusta Ada
     • Separated from Anabella in 1816, the marriage failed due to rumours about his bisexuality and sexual relationship with his half-sister, Augusta.
       • Augusta had a daughter believed to be Byron's, named Elizabeth Medora.

2. Attended Harrow college and Cambridge university

3. He was a member of Liberal Whig party, which defended the rights of the disadvantaged/ the working class

4. He was notorious for his sexual escapades- he had sexual encounters with both men and women.

   • He had numerous affairs with Lady Caroline Lamb, Ladt Oxford Jane Elizabeth Scoot and Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster

5. He lived a life of debauchery, gambling and drinking

6. He was an English romantic poet, a leading figure of the romantic movement in literature

7. He was friends with Percy Shelley, H had a daughter with Mary Shelley's half sister, Claire Claremont

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