John Wordsworth had lived with William and their sister Dorothy at their most famous home, Dove Cottage at Grasmere, and like his siblings loved walking in the Lake District landscape.

John Wordsworth, the brother of William, was the captain of the rare East India Company ship. The Earl of Abergavenny was one of only 36 ships of 1,460 tons that were part of the company’s ...

John Wordsworth was an obvious presence in some of his brother’s works, such as ‘Michael’ the Dream of the Arab in Prelude, Book V, “The Character of the Happy Warrior”, ...

John Wordsworth was an obvious presence in some of his brother's works, such as 'Michael' the Dream of the Arab in Prelude, Book V, "The Character of the Happy Warrior", and "Stepping Westward".

John Wordsworth, the brother of renowned Romantic poet William Wordsworth, was the ship's captain. The 1,300-tonne ship set sail from Portsmouth to Bengal and China in 1805 but during a storm it ...

Wordsworth’s poems grew more bleak and reflective as he struggled with grief over the loss of his beloved brother, with John featuring in many of his works, including “The Character of the ...

John Wordsworth was an obvious presence in some of his brother’s works, such as ‘Michael’ the Dream of the Arab in Prelude, Book V, “The Character of the Happy Warrior”, and “Stepping ...

The Earl of Abergavenny merchant sailing ship sank off the coast of Weymouth in Dorset in 1805 with the loss of over 200 people.