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20 de abr. de 2024 · George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, the son of British Capt. John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress. After John squandered most of her fortune, she and her son lived on a meagre income in Scotland. In 1789 George unexpectedly inherited the title and estates of his great-uncle.
Lord George Gordon was an English lord and instigator of the anti-Catholic Gordon riots in London (1780). The third and youngest son of the 3rd Duke of Gordon, he was educated at Eton and entered the British navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant in 1772.
Lord George Gordon After Conversion to Judaism. (From a drawing by Polack.) In June, 1787, Gordon was convicted of a libel upon British justice; and, retiring to Birmingham, he lived quietly in the house of a Jew, wearing a long beard and adopting Jewish customs.
George Gordon Byron, obra de Richard Westall (1765-1836). Lord Byron (ou George Gordon Byron) nasceu em 22 de janeiro de 1788, em Londres, Inglaterra. Seu pai, o capitão John Byron, gastou toda a herança da esposa, se exilou na França e morreu em 1791. Assim, o poeta foi criado pela mãe — Catherine Byron —, uma mulher temperamental e ...
12 de dez. de 2001 · Lord George Gordon was born on December 26th, 1751. The chiefs of the Gordons, Marquesses of Huntly and subsequently Dukes of Gordon, had a long and colourful history in Scotland. In the later eighteenth century they were considered possibly the greatest subjects in Britain, in terms of the number of people who lived under their rule and ...
Lord Byron, nome em que assinava suas obras, nasceu em 22 de janeiro de 1788, em Londres, Inglaterra, tendo sido batizado com o nome George Gordon Byron. Era filho do capitão John Byron e de ...
Lord George Gordon was given the rank of ensign in his stepfather’s regiment, the 89 Foot, in 1759, but on leaving Eton joined the navy. From 1766 to 1769 he was in the American colonies. For some years before the general election of 1774 he cultivated an interest in Inverness-shire. The sitting Member, General Fraser, bought him off with a ...
