ByronBytes

George Byron and John Cam Hobhouse, accompanied by Byron’s domestic staff - Robert Rushton (page), William Fletcher (valet) and Joe Murray (butler/steward), departed from Falmouth on 2 nd July …

George Byron was a major figure of the Romantic movement expressing ‘central Romantic beliefs about dreams.’ He experienced vivid dreams himself and often wrote about them. He incorporated dream…

Byron attended university ‘intermittently’ – when the fancy took him! It was not compulsory for noblemen to attend lectures or take public exams - and he had many other matters on his mind. He l…