Memoir of Francis Hodgson
Augusta Leigh to Francis Hodgson, [February 1816]
How very good of you, dear Mr.
Hodgson! I intend showing the letter to B., as I think he will jump at seeing
you just now, but I must see you first; and how? I am
now going to Mr. Hanson’s from B.
I’m afraid of your meeting people here who do no
good, and would counteract yours; but will you call about two or after
that, and ask for me first? I shall be home, I hope, and
must see you. If I’m out ask for Capt. B.
Yours sincerely,
A. L.
George Anson Byron, seventh Baron Byron (1789-1868)
Naval officer and Byron's heir; the son of Captain John Byron (1758-93), he was lord of
the bedchamber (1830-1837) and lord-in-waiting (1837-1860) to Queen Victoria.
John Hanson (1755-1841)
Byron's solicitor and business agent.
Francis Hodgson (1781-1852)
Provost of Eton College, translator of Juvenal (1807) and close friend of Byron. He wrote
for the
Monthly and
Critical Reviews, and was
author of (among other volumes of poetry)
Childe Harold's Monitor; or
Lines occasioned by the last Canto of Childe Harold (1818).
