LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850 NRA: Leigh Chandos (1791-1850) 1st Baron Leigh poet DNB: Leigh, Chandos, first Baron Leigh (1791-1850), poet and literary patron LBT ID: LdLeigh1 VIAF ID: 70477854 LOC ID: n88096453 | B/BAP: 1791-06-27 DIED: 1850-09-27 |
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Of Stoneleigh Abbey, educated at Harrow (where he knew Byron as a schoolboy) and Christ
Church, Oxford; he was a prolific minor poet in the Byronic vein. Samuel Parr described him
as “a lively companion, an elegant scholar, a zealous patriot, and an amiable and
honourable man.” | |
REFERENCES TO Chandos Leigh, baron Leigh: Samuel Parr to John Parkes, 23 January 1820 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Found 1:
¶ 1 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Portraits—the Author's Father. Found 1:
¶ 8 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1:
¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, “Review of Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries” in Quarterly Review 37 (March 1828) 402-26 Found 1:
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