Byron

Byron

1. Personal Details

   • George Gorden Noel Byron
   • Born 1788
   • died 1824 (age 36)
   • went to Harrow and then Cambridge
   • member of Liberal Whig Party
     • defended the rights of the disadvantaged/working class

2. Notorious for his sexual escapades

   • had sexual encounters with both men and women

3. lived a life of debauchery, gambling and drinking

4. had numerous affairs

   • Lady Caroline Lamb, Lady Oxford, Lady Frances Wedderburn

5. Aristocrat

6. Free thinker

7. championed liberty

8. Married Anabella Milbanke (20 years old) in 1815

9. Had a daughter with Milbanke named Augasta Ada

10. separated from Milbanke in 1816 from his sexual relationship with his half sister called Augasta

11. August (half sister) had a child believed to be Byrons

12. He was a English Romantic Poet

13. he was friends with Percy Shelley he also had a daughter with Mary Shelleys half sister claire Clairmont