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In 1803, at the age of fifteen, George Byron acquired a puppy – ‘Born in Newfoundland’. He called the dog Boatswain. This raises a vast number of questions – the viable answers to some of which …

Born on 8 th November 1723, the second son of William 4 th Lord Byron and Hon. Frances Berkeley, John Byron was educated at Westminster school and joined the Navy in September 1731. He sailed …

Article courtesy of Richard Hiscocks (morethannelson.com).  1 723-86. He was born on 8 November 1723, the second son of William, 4th Lord Byron, and his wife, Hon. Frances Berkeley, the daughter…

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 …