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My Dearest Augusta
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Augusta Leigh, Byron's Half Sister
Augusta Leigh was the child of one of the most notorious scandals of late 18th-Century England - the elopement of 'Mad Jack' Byron with the beautiful and willful Marchioness of Carmarthen - and scandal would pursue Augusta her whole life. Her marriage to the equerry of the Prince of Wales brought her nothing but poverty and seven children. Her love affair with her half-brother, Lord Byron, was largely responsible for his separation from his wife and his subsequent exile. This is the first biography of her life in thirty years.
Augusta Leigh
Augusta Leigh was the child of one of the most sensational scandals to hit Georgian England - the seduction of the wilful and beautiful Marchioness of Carmarthen by 'Mad Jack' Byron - and scandal, of one kind or another, was to pursue Augusta for the rest of her life and even beyond the grave. Her marriage to her cousin, equerry and companion of the Prince of Wales, Colonel George Leigh, who fell from grace when it came to light that he had cheated the Prince over the sale of a horse and fiddled regimental accounts to fund his gambling habit, brought her nothing but poverty and seven children. Her love affair with her half-brother, Lord Byron, was largely responsible for his separation from ...
Letters of Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron and Other Correspondents
Letters of Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron, John Cam Hobhouse and John Hanson. Includes a copy, undated, of extracts of Byron letters in Augusta Leigh's hand.
Commonplace Book of Augusta Leigh
Commonplace book including copied quotations, prayers and poetry - including Keats - gathered by Augusta Leigh, the half-sister and rumoured lover of Lord Byron. Includes some verses in French and pressed flowers.
Letters to and of Augusta Leigh and Other Members of Her Family
Letters from John Murray II, John Murray III, John Cam Hobhouse and others, to Augusta Leigh. Includes a memorandum of the destruction of papers formerly belonging to Augusta Leigh, purchased by John Murray III in 1886. Also included are letters from several of Leigh's children and relatives, some concerning Emily Leigh's regaining possession of Byron letters from John Murray III, and one from Elizabeth Medora Leigh stating herself to be the daughter of Lord Byron and destitute.
Letters of Augusta Leigh to John Cam Hobhouse, Francis Hodgson, Dr Lushington and Catherine Gordon Byron
Letters of Augusta Leigh, primarily to John Cam Hobhouse. Also includes a letter to Byron's mother and correspondence with Stephen Lushington regarding financial matters.
