Byron, Lord
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Birthname | George Gordon Noel Byron | ||||
born on | 22 January 1788 at 14:00 (= 2:00 PM ) | ||||
Place | London, England, 51n30, 0w10 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m0w10 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
British nobility, the sixth Lord Byron and one of the great romantic poets of the English language. Byron was born with a clubfoot, a deformed right foot and calf, and was raised by an erratic mom after his dad's death when he was three. He was a poor student, but an avid reader. Extremely handsome, he had almost as much fame for his outrageous sex life as for his great works of poetry. Literary historians write that nurse May Gray awoke "precocious passions" in Byron when he was only nine years old. Scarcely out of adolescence, he embarked on numerous liaisons with partners ranging from married women to a choir boy. "Byron's Letters and Journals" (1973-94) freely confides his most intimate feelings and experiences. The details of his sex life - a remarkably varied one, including homosexuality at school and after, much whoring and tupping of servant girls, an orgiastic interlude in Venice, incest with his half-sister, and numerous seductions and liaisons within his own social class - have all emerged in graphic detail. At his second and final departure from England, in 1816, he was a monster of vanity and appetite, with one possibly redeeming quality; he could write. In Europe he became the Byron cherished by posterity.
His first poems were published in 1806. His epic poem, "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," begun in 1812, made him a celebrity, but his affairs outraged London society and he was forced into exile in 1815 after a scandal over a liaison with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh.
When he came of age, Byron took his seat in the House of Lords, then toured Europe for two years after 1809. Deeply in debt, he made an advantageous marriage in 1815. His wife bore their daughter, Ada, before she left him a year later. After the breakup, Byron then moved to Italy, where he lived the rest of his life.
He did become involved with helping Greece in its struggle for independence from Ottoman Turkey. While on this expedition, he appeared to have epileptic fits. At Missolonghi, Greece, he suffered a chill from riding in the rain on 4/09/1824, and died of a fever on 4/19/1824. Two doctors concluded that he succumbed to a virulent form of malaria, with his death hastened by "remorseless bleeding" and poor medical care.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Wilson, Harriette (born 22 February 1786)
- friend relationship with Shelley, Percy Bysshe (born 4 August 1792)
- parent->child relationship with Byron, Allegra (born 12 January 1817)
- parent->child relationship with Lovelace, Ada (born 10 December 1815)
- other kin relationship with Blunt-Lytton, Judith (born 6 February 1873). Notes: Great-grandkin
- (has as) guru relationship with Beets, Nicolaas (born 13 September 1814). Notes: admiror and translator of Byron
- role played of/by Grant, Hugh (born 9 September 1960). Notes: 1988 film "Rowing with the Wind"
Events
- Death of Father 1791 (When he was three)
- Relationship : First Sex 1797 (Age nine when nurse "awakened passions.")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1806 (First poems published)
- Social : Begin Travel 1809 (Toured Europe for two years)
- Relationship : Marriage 1815 (Advantageous financially)
Source Notes
Notable Nativity No.752, "Family records in British museum"
Categories
- Traits : Body : Appearance gorgeous
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Aristocracy)
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Age three when Dad died)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage less than 3 Yrs (One year marriage; she left him)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted (Ada)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Money Through Marriage (Married a woman with money)
- Lifestyle : Financial : On the edge (Often in debt)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Italy, Greece)
- Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity (Many lovers)
- Passions : Sexuality : Incest perpetrator (Affair with half-sister)
- Passions : Sexuality : Child sex abuser (Affair with a choir boy)
- Personal : Birth : Defects, Handicaps (Clubfoot)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office (House of Lords)
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1788 births
- Birthday 22 January
- Birthplace London, ENG (UK)
- Sun 2 Aquarius
- Moon 25 Cancer
- Asc 4 Cancer
- 1824 deaths
- Traits : Body : Appearance gorgeous
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event
- Family : Relationship : Marriage less than 3 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Money Through Marriage
- Lifestyle : Financial : On the edge
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity
- Passions : Sexuality : Incest perpetrator
- Passions : Sexuality : Child sex abuser
- Personal : Birth : Defects, Handicaps
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book