LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| LBT ID: JoMorri1791 | B/BAP: 1738 DIED: 1791-08-03 |
| SOURCES: Venn; Manchester School Register (1868) 2:86 | |
Of Rokeby, son of Bacon Morritt; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, he purchased
Rokeby Park in 1769 and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1778-1779. He was a friend of the
poet William Mason. | |
