Lord George Gordon Byron
(1788-1824)

poet, defender of liberty, and 6th Baron Byron (from 1798)

Died aged 36

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) simply known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to lynching threats. During his stay in Italy, he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted after the First and Second Sieges of Missolonghi. His only legitimate child, Ada Lovelace, was a founding figure in the field of computer programming based on her notes for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Byron's extramarital children include Allegra Byron, who died in childhood, and possibly Elizabeth Medora Leigh, daughter of his half-sister Augusta Leigh.

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friend of Edward John Trelawney

Commemorated on 10 plaques

This site was formerly known as Swine Green Lord Byron wrote his first piece of poetry in 1798, with the verse "In Nottingham County there lives at Swine Green as curst an old lady as ever was seen....."

Cape - Pelham Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom where they lived and wrote his first piece of poetry (1798)

Lord Byron 1788-1824 the poet, lived in this house in the years 1798 and 1799

Newstead House, 76 St. James Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom where they lived

Home of Lord Byron 1803 1808 Poet and defender of liberty

Burgage Manor, The Burgage, Southwell, United Kingdom where they lived (1803-1808)

Lord Byron, widely regarded as one of the greatest British poets was born here 22 January 1788 "Always laugh when you can. It is a cheap medicine"

Holles Street, London, United Kingdom where they lived

In this house June 1816 Lord Byron wrote The Prisoner Of Chillon thereby adding one moe deathless association to the already imortalised localities of the lake

Hotel d’Angleterre, Lausanne, Switzerland where they was (1816)

Seaham Hall built in 1792 on the site of an old manor house. This hall has hosted royalty, Prime Ministers and many illustrious guests including the poet Lord Byron

Seaham Hall, Seaham, United Kingdom where they stayed

Here were published Lord Byron's first poems "Fugitive Pieces" Nov 1806 "Hours of Idleness" July 1807

29 Market Place, Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom where they was published (1806-1807)

"Clinton Arms" Hotel known as the "Cardinals Hat" in the 14th and 15th centuries and as The Kings Arms during the 16th to early 19th centuries. Lord Byron stayed in this building during 1806 and 1807 when two volumes of his poems were being printed in Newark. W. E. Gladstone addressed Newark electors from a window in this hotel when returned as Conservative MP in 1832. An important posting inn during coaching days.

Market Place, Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom where they stayed (1806-1807)

Lord Byron (1788-1824) Considered by many to be the greatest poet of his time, he was infamous for his free thinking views and libertine lifestyle. "Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication"

The Trip To Jerusalem, Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham, United Kingdom where they was

Some Facts of Interest in the History of the Old Church The Church was built to replace the former Church of St John at Tyburn 1400 Francis Bacon was married here 1606 William Hogarth portrayed the interior of the Church 1735 James Gibbs Architect, pupil of Wren was buried here 1754 Richard Brinsley Sheridan married Miss Linley here 1773 Charles Wesley brother of John Wesley was buried here 1788 Lord Byron was baptized here 1788 Lord Nelson worshipped here and Horatia his only child was baptized here 1803

Garden of Rest, Marylebone High Street, London, United Kingdom where they was