Lord George Byron

Lord George Byron

1. Born 1788 Died 1824

2. Attended Harrow and Cambridge

3. Member of Liberal Whig Party

   • defended rights of disadvantages/working class

4. Notorious for his sexual escapades

   • had sexual encounters with both men and women

5. English romantic poet

   • leading figure of the romantic movment in litritature
   • Freethinker

6. Aristocrat

7. lived a life of

   • debauchery
   • gambling
   • drinking

8. had numerous affairs

   • Lady Caroline Lamb
   • Lady Oxford
   • Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster

9. Championed Liberty

10. Married Anabella Milbanke 1815

11. Had a daughter called Augusta Ada

12. separated from Mlikbanke

    • failed due to the rumours about his bisexuality and sexual relationships with his half-sister Augusta who was five years older

13. Friends with Percy Shelley