i. 64. 87. 167. 200, 201. Reconci-
liation between Lord Byron and,
270. Lines on his being appointed
head-master at Harrow,' vii. 37.
Portrait of, 130. 130 n.

Byng, Admiral, his court-martial,
viii. 28.

BYRON, Sir John, the Little, with the
great beard, i. 4.

Sir John, created (1643) Baron
Byron of Rochdale; some account
of, i. 5.

Sir Nicholas, his character by
Lord Clarendon, vii. 17 n.

Sir Richard, tribute to his
valour and fidelity, i. 6.

Admiral John (the grand-
father of the poet), i. 6. His pro-
verbial ill-luck at sea, x. 202. His
shipwreck and sufferings, xv. 232.
'My grand-dad's Narrative,' 257.
Extract from, 257 n.

-, William, fifth Lord (grand-
uncle of the Poet), i. 6. His trial
for killing Mr. Chaworth in a duel,
7. His death, 29. His eccentric
and unsocial habits, 30.

John (father of the poet),
his elopement with Lady Carmar-
then, i. 7. His marriage with Miss
Catherine Gordon, 7. His death
at Valenciennes, 16. His character,
vii. 136 n.

Mrs. (mother of the poet),
descended from the Gordons of
Gight, i. 6. Vehemence of her
feelings, 6. Ballad on the occa-
sion of her marriage, 8. Her for-
tune, 9 n. Separates from her
husband, 12. Her capricious ex-
cesses of fondness and of anger,
13. 38.

Lord Byron's Letters to, ii. 217.
220. 233. 268. 290. 313. 328. 337. 340.
350. 353. 356.; xiii. 305.

See also, i. 101. 104, 105. 107. 347.;
ii. 32. 35. 39.; v. 3.; viii. 15. 61,

Honourable Augusta (sister of
the poet), i. 7. See Leigh, Ho-
nourable Augusta

His

1790-1791. Taken by his mother
to Aberdeen, i. 11. Impetuosity
of his temper, 12. Affectionate
sweetness and playfulness of his
disposition, 13. The malform-
ation of his foot a source of pain
and uneasiness to him, 14.
early acquaintance with the
Sacred Writings, 14. Instances
of his quickness and energy, 15.
Death of his father, 16.
1792-1795. Sent to a day-school at
Aberdeen, i. 17. His own account
of the progress of his infantine
studies, 18. His sports and exer-
cises, 20.

1796-1797. Removed into the
Highlands, i. 21. His visits to
Lachin-y-gair, 22. First awaken-
ing of his poetic talent, 22. His
early love of mountain scenery,
Attachment for Mary Duff,

25.

26.
1798. Succeeds to the title, i. 29.

Made a ward of Chancery, under
the guardianship of the Earl of
Carlisle, and removed to New-
stead, 33. Placed under the care
of an empiric at Nottingham for
the cure of his lameness, 41.
1799. First symptom of a tendency
towards rhyming, i. 42. Removed
to London, and put under the
care of Dr. Baillie, 44. Becomes
the pupil of Dr. Glennie, at Dul-
wich, 44.

1800-1804. His boyish love for his
cousin, Margaret Parker, i. 52.
His first dash into poetry,' 52.
Is sent to Harrow, 54. Notices
of his school life, 60. His first
Harrow verses, 61. His school
friendships, 66. His mode of life
as a schoolboy, 76. Accompanies
his mother to Bath, 78. His early
attachment to Miss Chaworth,
79. Heads a 'rebelling' at Har-

row, 86. Passes the vacation at
Southwell, 92.

1805. Removed to Cambridge, i. 92.

His college friendships, 93.
1806. Aug.-Nov., prepares a col-
lection of his poems for the press,
i. 110. His visit to Harrowgate,
113. Southwell private theatricals,
116. Prints a volume of his
poems; but, at the entreaty of
Mr. Becher, commits the edition
to the flames, 118.

1807.

Publishes Hours of Idle-
ness,' i. 129. List of historical
writers whose works he had
perused at the age of nineteen,
140. Reviews Wordsworth's
Poems, 169. Begins Bosworth
Field,' an epic. Writes part of
a novel, 175.
1808.

His early scepticism, i. 177.
Effect produced on his mind by
the critique on Hours of Idle-
ness,' in the Edinburgh Review,
204. Passes his time between the
dissipations of London and Cam-
bridge, 210. Takes up his resi-
dence at Newstead, 216. Forms
the design of visiting India, 220.
Prepares English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers,' for the press,
226.

1809. His coming of age celebrated

at Newstead, i. 227. Takes his
seat in the House of Lords, 235.
Loneliness of his position at this
period, 241. Sets out on his tra
vels, 251. State of mind in which
he took leave of England, 259.
Visits Lisbon, Seville, Cadiz,
Gibraltar, Malta, Prevesa, Zitza,
Tepaleen, 277. Is introduced to
Ali Pacha, 277-288. Begins
'Childe Harold' at Ioannina, in
Albania, 313. Visits Actium, Ni.
copolis; nearly lost in a Turkish
ship of war; proceeds through
Acarnania and Etolia towards
the Morea, 301. Reaches Misso.
longhi,302. Visits Patras, Vostizza,
Mount Parnassus, Delphi, Le.

panto, Thebes, Mount Citharon,
303. Arrives, on Christmas-day,
at Athens, 305.

1810. Spends ten weeks, in visiting
the monuments of Athens; makes
excursions to several parts of At-
tica, 307. The Maid of Athens,
310. Leaves Athens for Smyrna,
312. Visits ruins of Ephesus, 313.
Concludes, at Smyrna, the second
canto of Childe Harold,' 313.
April, leaves Smyrna for Constan-
tinople, 315. Visits the Troad, 316.
Swims from Sestos to Abydos, ibid.
May, arrives at Constantinople,
323. June, expedition through the
Bosphorus to the Black Sea, 325.
July, visits Corinth, 341. Aug.-
Sept., makes a tour of the Morea,
340. Returns to Athens, 346.
1811. Writes Hints from Horace,'
and Curse of Minerva,' 350. Re-
turns to England, 354. Effect of
travel on the general character
of his mind and disposition, ii. 1.
His first connection with Mr.
Murray, 30. Death of his mother,
31. Of his college friends, Mat-
thews and Wingfield, 39. 50. And
of Thyrza,' 75. Origin of his
acquaintance with Mr. Mocre, 79.
Act of generosity towards Mr.
Hodgson, 108.

1812. Feb. 27., makes his first
speech in the House of Lords, ii.
120. Feb. 29., publishes the first
and second cantos of 'Childe
Harold,' 131. Presents the copy-
right of the poem to Mr. Dallas,
138. Although far advanced in a
fifth edition of English Bards,'
determines to commit it to the
flames, 145. Presented to the
Prince Regent, 153. Writes the
Address for the opening of Drury
Lane theatre, 158.

1813. April, brings out anony-
mously 'The Waltz,' ii. 187.
May, publishes the Giaour,' 188.
His intercourse, through Mr.
Moore, with Mr. Leigh Hunt, 204

1815. Jan. 2., marries Miss Mil-
banke, iii. 139. April, becomes
personally acquainted with Sir
Walter Scott, 159. May, becomes
a member of the sub-committee
of Drury Lane theatre, 170. Pres-
sure of pecuniary embarrass-
ments, 191. July, writes the
"Siege of Corinth,' x. 100. Sept.,
writes Parisina,' 151.
1816. Jan., Lady Byron adopts the
resolution of separating from him,
iii. 198. Samples of the abuse
lavished on him, 216 n. March,
writes Fare thee well,' and ' A
Sketch,' 229. April, leaves Eng-
land, 238. His route-Brussels,
Waterloo, &c., 243. Takes up his
abode at the Campagne Diodati,
246. Finishes, June 27, the third
canto of Childe Harold,' 247.
Writes, June 28, The Prisoner
of Chillon,' 285. Writes, in July,
'Monody on the Death of Sheri.
dan,' the Dream," Darkness,'
'Epistle to Augusta,' Churchill's
Grave,' 'Prometheus,' ' Could
I remount,''Sonnet to Lake Le.
man,' and part of 'Manfred,' 287.
August, an unsuccessful negoti.
ation for a domestic reconcili
ation, 284. Sept., makes, a tour
of the Bernese Alps, 256. His
intercourse with Mr. Shelley, 269.

Oct., proceeds to Italy-route,
Martigny, the Simplon, Milan,
Verona, 297-308. Nov., takes
up his residence at Venice, 311.
Marianna Segati, 311. Studies the
Armenian language, 312.
1817. Feb., finishes Manfred,' iii.
345. March, translates from the
Armenian, a correspondence be-
tween St. Paul and the Corin-
thians, 370. April, visits Ferrara,
and writes Lament of Tasso,'
iv. 11. Makes a short visit to
Rome, and writes there a new
third act to Manfred,' 13. July,
writes, at Venice, the fourth canto
of Childe Harold,' 48. Oct.,
writes 'Beppo,' 66.

·

1818. The Fornarina, Margaritta
Cogni, iv. 112. July, writes Ode
on Venice,' 125. Nov., finishes"

Mazeppa,' 137. And first canto
of Don Juan,' xv. 99.
1819. Jan., finishes second canto of
'Don Juan,' iv. 139. April, be-
ginning of his acquaintance with
Countess Guiccioli, 143. June,
writes' Stanzas to the Po,' 155.
Aug., writes' Letter to the Editor
of my Grandmother's Review,'
xv. 41. Dec., completes the third
and fourth cantos of Don Juan,'
iv. 262. Removes to Ravenna, 270.
1820. Jan., domesticated with
Countess Guiccioli, iv. 276. Feb,
translates first canto of the Mor-
gante Maggiore,' 279. March,
finishes Prophecy of Dante,'
291. Translates Francesa of
Rimini,' 293. And writes Ob-
servations upon an Article in
Blackwood's Magazine,' 308.
April-July, writes Marino Fa-
liero,' 333. Oct.-Nov., writes
fifth canto of Don Juan,' v. 37.
1821. Feb., writes Letter on the
Rev. W. L. Bowles's Strictures on
the Life of Pope,' v. 99. March,
Second Letter,' &c. 143. May,
finishes 'Sardanapalus,' 187.
July, The Two Foscari,' 197.

Sept., Cain,' 239. Oct., writes
"Heaven and Earth, a Mystery,'
282.; and Vision of Judgment,'
261. Removes to Pisa, 269-280.
1822. Jan., finishes Werner,' v.
310. July, writes sixth, seventh,
and eighth cantos of Don Juan,'
xvi. 124. Finishes the De-
formed Transformed,' xiii. 301.
Death of his natural daughter,
Allegra, 328. His habits of life
while at Pisa, 33.
to Genoa, v. 355.
with Hunt in the
1823. Jan., writes
xiv. 262.

Sept., removes
His coalition
Liberal, vi. 3.
Age of Bronze,'
Feb., writes the

Is-

land,' and some more cantos of
'Don Juan.' 299. March, com-
mences an epic entitled the 'Con-
quest,' xvii. 246. April, turns
his views towards Greece, vi. 42.
Receives a communication from
the London committee, 49. May,
offers to proceed to Greece, and to
devote his resources to the object
in view, 49. Preparations for his
departure, 54. July 14., sails for
Greece, 62. Reaches Argostoli,
71. Excursion to Ithaca, 73.
Waits, at Cephalonia, the arrival
of the Greek fleet, 82. His con-
versations on religion with Dr.
Kennedy, at Mataxata, 85. His
letters to Madame Guiccioli, 90.
His address to the Greek govern-
ment, 95. And remonstrance to
Prince Mavrocordati, 96. Testi-
monies to the benevolence and
soundness of his views, 110. In-
stances of his humanity and gene-
rosity while at Cephalonia, 112.
1824, Jan. 5., arrives at Missolonghi,
vi. 124. Writes Lines on com-
pleting my thirty-sixth year,' 137.
Intended attack upon Lepanto,
147. Is made commander-in-chief
of the expedition, 148. Rupture
with the Suliotes, 157. The ex-
pedition suspended, 157
His last illness, vi. 158.
His Death, vi. 211.

His funeral, vi. 222.
Inscription on his monument,
233.

His Will, vi. 284.

His person, i. 137. 218.; vi. 253,
254.; viii. 136.

His sensitiveness on the subject
of his lameness, i. 14. 38. 138. 224.
256.; ii. 196. 319.; iii. 41. 241.;
vi. 13.; ix. 95.

His abstemiousness, i. 347.; ii, 264.
300.; iii. 281.; v. 30.

His habitual melancholy, i. 264. ;
ii. 151.; iii. 209.; v. 247. 263.; vi.
260.

His tendency to make the worst
of his own obliquities, i. 190.;
ii. 136.; iv. 291.; v. 60. 69.
His generosity and kind-hearted-
ness, i. 136. 254. 280 n.; ii. 108.
265. 336.; iii. 25. 183 n.; iv. 235. ;
v. 86. 92. 215. 272.; vi. 74. 112.
134.

His politics, ii. 311. 334.; iii. 34.
163.

His religious opinions, ii. 112.; iil.
163.; xiv. 18.

His tendency to superstition, i.
136.

Portraits of him, ii. 175. 180. 187.
280. 324. iii. 97, 98. 104. 109. 139.
141.; iv. 7. 33. 95.; v. 200. 322.
336. 343. 354, 355. 373.; vi. 29.; xv.
199.

Byron, Lady, ii. 57.; iii. 171. 175. 178 n.
189. 203, 204. 214.; iv. 251. 270. 272.
282.; v. 4.; vi. 26. 28. 114.; vii.
269 n.; xv. 65. 117.

Her Remarks on Mr. Moore's Life
of Lord Byron, vi. 275.
'LINES on hearing that she was ill,'.
x. 207.

LINES on reading in the news-
papers, that she had been patroness
of a charity ball,' xii. $20.
Lord Byron's Letters to, v. 258. ;
vi. 30.