It is possible that these friendships gave the first impetus to his sexual ambivalence, which became more pronounced at Cambridge and later in Greece. In 1801 Byron went to Harrow, where his friendships with younger boys fostered a romantic attachment to the school. He took him to London, where a reputable doctor prescribed a special brace, and in the autumn of 1799 Hanson sent him to a school in Dulwich. Byron’s attorney, rescued him from the pernicious influence of May Gray, the tortures of Lavender, and the increasingly uneven temper of his mother. He was privately tutored in Nottingham and his clubfoot was doctored by a quack named Lavender. The boy fell in love with the ghostly halls and spacious grounds of Newstead Abbey, which had been presented to the Byron family by the infamous King Henry VIII, and he and his mother lived in its ruins for a while. This experience and his idealized love for his distant cousins Mary Duff and Margaret Parker shaped his paradoxical attitudes toward women.Īt the age of 10, George inherited the title and estates of his great-uncle, the “wicked” Lord Byron. It was rumored that his nurse, May Gray, made physical advances to him when he was only nine. He was extremely sensitive of his lameness its effect upon his character was obvious enough. Born with a clubfoot, he was taken by his mother, Catherine Gordon, to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived in lodgings on a meager income.
BiographyĪs a child he was known simply as George Noel Gordon. He died of fever and exposure while engaged in the Greek struggle for independence. His major works include Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812-18) and Don Juan (1819-24).
He was also a satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. He was among the most famous of the English ‘Romantic’ poets his contemporaries included Percy Shelley and John Keats. George Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in London and died 19 April 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece.
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