Leigh, Augusta 1784-1851
Overview
Works: | 80 works in 127 publications in 2 languages and 3,865 library holdings |
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Genres: | Biography History Records and correspondence Musical settings Sources Archives Portraits |
Roles: | Author, Recipient |
Classifications: | PR4382, 821.7 |
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Most widely held works about
Augusta Leigh
- My dearest Augusta; a biography of Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's half-sister by Peter Gunn( Book )
- Byron and the Honourable Augusta Leigh by John Stewart Chapman( Book )
- Passion by Jude Morgan( Book )
- A quiet adjustment : a novel by Benjamin Markovits( Book )
- The kindness of sisters : Annabella Milbanke and the destruction of the Byrons by David Crane( Book )
- Astarte : a fragment of truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron by Ralph Milbanke Lovelace( Book )
- My sister, my love by Lucille Iremonger( Book )
- Augusta Leigh : Byron's half-sister: a biography by Michael Bakewell( Book )
- Diary and notebook by Jane Roberts( )
- Who was Fletcher? by Jacqueline Voignier-Marshall( Book )
- Lord Byron's marriage; the evidence of asterisks by G. Wilson Knight( Book )
- The shade of Byron : a mock heroic poem, containing strange revelations not hitherto disclosed, with copious notes and references, political, social, theological, moral, sicentific, and astronomical( Book )
- Byronana collection( )
- Augusta Leigh manuscript material : 15 items by Augusta Leigh( )
- Die Löwin von Aquitanien : Roman by Tanja Kinkel( Book )
- Qui était Fletcher? by Jacqueline Voignier-Marshall( Book )
- Emily Leigh manuscript material : 1 item by Emily Leigh( )
- Georgiana Augusta Trevanion manuscript material by Georgiana Augusta Trevanion( )
- Catherine Turney papers by Catherine Turney( )
- George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron collection by George Gordon Byron Byron( )
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Most widely held works by
Augusta Leigh
Unrevealed : Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh : for baritone and string quartet by
Aribert Reimann(
)
1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lord Byron's illness and death by William Fletcher(
Book
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1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lady Noel Byron and the Leighs : some authentic records of certain circumstances in the lives of Augusta Leigh, and others
of her family, that concerned Anne Isabella, Lady Byron, in the course of forty years after her separation ... Strictly private by
Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron Byron(
Book
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1 edition published in 1887 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1887 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Shade of Byron: a mock heroic poem, containing strange revelations not hitherto disclosed, with copious notes and references
... A preface, with the author's comments on the so-called true "Story," by Mrs. Stowe. And a repudiation of the charges hurled
against the memory of Lord Byron and his beloved sister, Ada Augusta. (Second edition.) by
George Gordon Byron Byron(
Book
)
2 editions published in 1871 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1871 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Unrevealed : Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh : für Bariton und Streichquartett = for baritone and string quartet by
Aribert Reimann(
)
3 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
My dearest Augusta; a biography of Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's half-sister by
Peter Gunn(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lady Noel Byron and the Leighs: some authentic records of certain circumstances in the lives of Augusta Leigh, and others
of her family, that concerned Anne Isabella, Lady Byron, in the course of forty years after her separation. [Edited and annotated
by R.G.N. Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace.] by Ralph Gordon Noel MILBANKE(
Book
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1 edition published in 1887 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1887 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Augusta Leigh : Byron's half-sister: a biography by
Michael Bakewell(
Book
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Augusta Leigh was the child of one of the most notorious scandals of late 18th-century England, and scandal of one kind and another pursued her for the rest of her life - not least her affair with her half-brother Lord Byron. This biography draws upon new material from archives countrywide
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Augusta Leigh was the child of one of the most notorious scandals of late 18th-century England, and scandal of one kind and another pursued her for the rest of her life - not least her affair with her half-brother Lord Byron. This biography draws upon new material from archives countrywide
"Sigh no more ladies" by
R. J. S Stevens(
)
1 edition published in 1800 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1800 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hastings, to "my dearest A[ugusta] by
Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron Byron(
)
1 edition published in 1823 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Reporting, at length and in detail, on the health, disposition and education of Ada
1 edition published in 1823 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Reporting, at length and in detail, on the health, disposition and education of Ada
"Holly Bush" to Col. Wildman by
Augusta Leigh(
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Apologizing for appearing ungrateful "when we parted - I could not utter a word of the gratitude I felt & I must ever feel, for your & Mrs. Wildman's kindness and of the gratification I had experienced in being permitted to see dear Newstead once more - & to see it in such hands! it is impossible for me to express even now my feelings on that point - but I am sure you will understand the sort of happiness which it gives me to see a place I am so stoutly(?) attached to valued venerated & restored to my hearts content."
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Apologizing for appearing ungrateful "when we parted - I could not utter a word of the gratitude I felt & I must ever feel, for your & Mrs. Wildman's kindness and of the gratification I had experienced in being permitted to see dear Newstead once more - & to see it in such hands! it is impossible for me to express even now my feelings on that point - but I am sure you will understand the sort of happiness which it gives me to see a place I am so stoutly(?) attached to valued venerated & restored to my hearts content."
"St. J. Palace" to Col. Wildman by
Augusta Leigh(
)
1 edition published in 1830 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1830 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Newspaper clippings on Byron and Byronana(
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here are: a report on Byron's last speech in the House of Lords, from The St. James's Chronicle (3 Jun 1813); a review of Thomas Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, from the St. James's Chronicle (Jan 1830); three short clippings on Mary Ann Chaworth [married name Musters], relating to her death, funeral, and surviving cousin (Miss Rudford), from unidentified sources (2 dated in manuscript Feb 1832); and "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter by Count Pietro Gamba ..." to Augusta Leigh, dated 17 Aug 1824, from New-York Daily Tribune (22 Apr 1899)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here are: a report on Byron's last speech in the House of Lords, from The St. James's Chronicle (3 Jun 1813); a review of Thomas Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, from the St. James's Chronicle (Jan 1830); three short clippings on Mary Ann Chaworth [married name Musters], relating to her death, funeral, and surviving cousin (Miss Rudford), from unidentified sources (2 dated in manuscript Feb 1832); and "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter by Count Pietro Gamba ..." to Augusta Leigh, dated 17 Aug 1824, from New-York Daily Tribune (22 Apr 1899)
Harry S. Dickey collection of Byroniana by Harry Stanley Dickey(
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Harry S. Dickey was a Baltimore business man and collector, who was born in 1891 and received his B.A. degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1912. Dickey an admirer of the English poet, Lord Byron. This collection is composed of handwritten letters and poems relating to Byron, as well as published or printed sheet music, engravings, and article clippings. Notably, there are a few handwritten Oscar Wilde letters and poems, as Dickey was a collector of Wilde as well. The collection spans from 1815 to 1959, and 1981
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Harry S. Dickey was a Baltimore business man and collector, who was born in 1891 and received his B.A. degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1912. Dickey an admirer of the English poet, Lord Byron. This collection is composed of handwritten letters and poems relating to Byron, as well as published or printed sheet music, engravings, and article clippings. Notably, there are a few handwritten Oscar Wilde letters and poems, as Dickey was a collector of Wilde as well. The collection spans from 1815 to 1959, and 1981
England, Greece, Italy, etc., to various recipients by
George Gordon Byron Byron(
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection includes nineteen autograph letters signed to his mother, Catherine Gordon Byron (MA 62.1-19); two autograph letters signed to his half-sister, Augusta Leigh (MA 62.20-.21); a receipt signed and an autograph letter signed to John Hanson (MA 62.22 and MA 62.27); three autograph letters signed to John Ridge (MA 62.23-.25); four autograph letters signed to James Cawthorn (MA 62.29, MA 62.31, MA 62.33, and MA 62.40); three autograph letters signed to John Murray (MA 62.36, MA 62.39, and MA 62.46); two autograph letters signed to Douglas Kinnaird (MA 62.43 and MA 62.47); two autograph letters signed to Richard Belgrave Hoppner (MA 62.44-.45); and autograph letters signed to Rev. John Becher (MA 62.26), Stratford Canning (MA 62.30), Francis Hodgson (MA 62.32), G. Walleden (MA 62.34), J. Thomson (MA 62.35), Thomas Phillips (MA 62.37), Thomas Dibdin (MA 62.42), Mary Shelley (MA 62.49), John Hunt (MA 62.50), the Countess of Jersey (MA 62.51), Lord Sydney Osborne (MA 62.52), Robert Charles Dallas (MA 62.53), and Lady Melbourne (MA 62.55). The collection also includes two autograph fragments by Byron (one, MA 62.54, in Italian; the other, MA 62.58, in French); two autograph letters signed from John Cam Hobhouse (MA 62.56 to Sir Charles Forbes, and MA 62.57 to Baroness [Fenyesessey?]), and a forged Byron letter written by Major George Gordon Byron (MA 62.41). See individual records (MA 62.1-58) for more information about items in the collection
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection includes nineteen autograph letters signed to his mother, Catherine Gordon Byron (MA 62.1-19); two autograph letters signed to his half-sister, Augusta Leigh (MA 62.20-.21); a receipt signed and an autograph letter signed to John Hanson (MA 62.22 and MA 62.27); three autograph letters signed to John Ridge (MA 62.23-.25); four autograph letters signed to James Cawthorn (MA 62.29, MA 62.31, MA 62.33, and MA 62.40); three autograph letters signed to John Murray (MA 62.36, MA 62.39, and MA 62.46); two autograph letters signed to Douglas Kinnaird (MA 62.43 and MA 62.47); two autograph letters signed to Richard Belgrave Hoppner (MA 62.44-.45); and autograph letters signed to Rev. John Becher (MA 62.26), Stratford Canning (MA 62.30), Francis Hodgson (MA 62.32), G. Walleden (MA 62.34), J. Thomson (MA 62.35), Thomas Phillips (MA 62.37), Thomas Dibdin (MA 62.42), Mary Shelley (MA 62.49), John Hunt (MA 62.50), the Countess of Jersey (MA 62.51), Lord Sydney Osborne (MA 62.52), Robert Charles Dallas (MA 62.53), and Lady Melbourne (MA 62.55). The collection also includes two autograph fragments by Byron (one, MA 62.54, in Italian; the other, MA 62.58, in French); two autograph letters signed from John Cam Hobhouse (MA 62.56 to Sir Charles Forbes, and MA 62.57 to Baroness [Fenyesessey?]), and a forged Byron letter written by Major George Gordon Byron (MA 62.41). See individual records (MA 62.1-58) for more information about items in the collection
Papers by
George Gordon Byron Byron(
)
in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Consists of letters, documents, drawings and prints of and related to Lord George Gordon Noël Byron, 1788-1824, poet. The collection was originally formed by Edward Whittaker Hennell who had the materials mounted and bound by Zaehnsdorf in October 1891. The volume was disbound in 1988
in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Consists of letters, documents, drawings and prints of and related to Lord George Gordon Noël Byron, 1788-1824, poet. The collection was originally formed by Edward Whittaker Hennell who had the materials mounted and bound by Zaehnsdorf in October 1891. The volume was disbound in 1988
The castled crag of Drachenfels : "written on the banks of the Rhine" [Mehlem] by
George Gordon Byron Byron(
)
1 edition published in 1816 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1816 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Letter to John Murray by
Augusta Leigh(
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Refers to a ghost story in the Byron Family, and of the ghost's appearance to Julia Byron
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Refers to a ghost story in the Byron Family, and of the ghost's appearance to Julia Byron
London, to J. Holmes by
Augusta Leigh(
)
1 edition published in 1829 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Asking if he would lend her his portrait of Colonel Anson in order that she might show it to a prospective Sitter
1 edition published in 1829 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Asking if he would lend her his portrait of Colonel Anson in order that she might show it to a prospective Sitter
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- Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 Author Signer
- Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron Baroness 1792-1860 Author
- Gunn, Peter Author
- Chapman, John Stewart Author
- Markovits, Benjamin Author
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797-1851
- Lamb, Caroline Lady 1785-1828
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1792-1822
- Brawne, Fanny 1800-1865
- Morgan, Jude 1962- Author
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Authors Brawne, Fanny, Brothers and sisters Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron,--Baroness, Byron, George Gordon Byron,--Baron, Byron family Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée, Eleanor,--of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, England England--London Families Fletcher, William, Glees, catches, rounds, etc Great Britain Hofland,--Mrs.--(Barbara), Keats, John, Lamb, Caroline,--Lady, Leigh, Augusta, Leigh, Elizabeth Medora, Lovelace, Ada King,--Countess of, Manners and customs Marriage Part songs Phrenology Poets Poets, English Poets, English--Family relationships Popular music Publishers and publishing Rare books Rare books--Collectors and collecting Relations with women Roberts, Emma Romance fiction Romanticism Shakespeare, William, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Social conditions Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble--Parts Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores Songs with continuo Songs with piano Taylor, Henry,--Sir, Travel Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Vocal quintets, Unaccompanied Women Women authors Women poets
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Augusta Leigh britische Aristokratin und die Halbschwester des Dichters Lord Byron
Augusta Leigh britisk poet
Augusta Leigh Brits dichteres (1783-1851)
Augusta Leigh brittisk poet
Augusta Leigh demi-sœur de Lord Byron
Augusta Leigh nobile britannica
Byron, Ada Augusta 1783-1851
Byron, Augusta 1783-1851
Byron, Augusta Maria 1783-1851
Leigh, Ada Augusta 1783-1851
Leigh, Augusta Mary 1783-1851
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