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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Assorted documents relating to Lord Byron's final illness, death and funeral |
| Date | 1824-1836; 1918; 1998 |
| Document Type | Miscellaneous; Financial Record |
| Theme | Private and Domestic Life |
| Description | Documents include articles, 1918 and 1998, concerning Lord Byron’s final illness and death; Greek newspapers and proclamations announcing the death of Lord Byron, 1824; a receipt, 1824, for Lord Byron’s body signed by Mavrocordato, Fletcher and Gamba; draft funeral oration, 1824, for Lord Byron by M Spyridion Tricoupi [Spyridon Trikoupis]; "Translation of the Funeral Oration Delivered in Greek by M Spyridion Tricoupi", 1836, two copies; verse, prose and reports, 1824-1833, on the death and funeral of Lord Byron; and newspaper cuttings, 1824, on the last days, death and funeral of Lord Byron. Also, a biography of Lady Caroline Lamb. |
| Keywords | newspaper death authors fame and scandal health and medicine biography |
| People | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Millingen, Julius Michael Trikoupis, Spyridon Lamb, Caroline (née Ponsonby) |
| Places | Missolonghi; Greece |
| Language | English; Greek; Italian |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43551 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |