Byron's cousin; he was MP for Newcastle under Lyme (1818-30), governor of Ceylon (1831-37), and was Augusta Leigh's representative at the destruction of Byron's memoir; he succeeded to his title in 1834.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir Robert John Wilmot- Horton, third baronet:

John Murray to Robert John Wilmot Horton, 19 May 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to Robert John Wilmot Horton, 18 May 1825 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, [15] January 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, 15 July 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, December 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, 8 February 1836 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, September 1836 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)