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Lord Byron may be regarded as one of England’s finest poets, but did you know he had a pet bear and a penchant for drinking from human skulls? In this episode of You’re Dead to Me, public ...
It was from then on, that George Gordon became known as Lord Byron. Growing up he became a surprisingly handsome man and despite the problem of his lame foot, which was clubbing, Byron's only ...
It adjoins the memorials to Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll and D.H. Lawrence. The white marble stone is inlaid with gold Sienna marble lettering and reads: LORD BYRON Died 19 April 1824 aged 36 at ...
In some of the grandest rooms of Newstead Abbey - the former home of the romantic poet Lord Byron - rotting timbers and crumbling plaster from water ingress is causing concern for the Grade I ...