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William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material : 2 items
- Title
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1782
- Author
- Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Daws, William, -1794
- Description
- 2 items
- Summary
- · To William Daws, steward of Newstead Abbey : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1782 : (B'ANA 0537) : regarding payments of interest. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0684) : begins, "I have enclosed to you a rect. ..." Mounted opposite p. 6 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1765 he killed his cousin and neighbor, William Chaworth, in a duel. He was tried for murder, but found guilty only of manslaughter and forced to pay a small fine. He enjoyed the fact that the incident (and others similarly perceived as displays of cruelty) earned him the nickname "the Wicked Lord." He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 80787940
- Author
- Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798.
- Title
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1782
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1765 he killed his cousin and neighbor, William Chaworth, in a duel. He was tried for murder, but found guilty only of manslaughter and forced to pay a small fine. He enjoyed the fact that the incident (and others similarly perceived as displays of cruelty) earned him the nickname "the Wicked Lord." He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet.
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- Daws, William, -1794, addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS