Item VI/iv/09 - A Circumstantial and Authentic Account of a late Unhappy Affair which happened at the Star and Garter Tavern in Pall Mall

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRE-VI/iv/09

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A Circumstantial and Authentic Account of a late Unhappy Affair which happened at the Star and Garter Tavern in Pall Mall

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  • 1957 (Accumulation)
  • 1765 (Publication)

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4to, 1 volume

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(1722-1798)

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BYRON, WILLIAM, 5TH BARON BYRON, fourth son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron, and his third wife Hon. Frances Berkeley, second dau. of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, President of the Board of Trade; b. 5 Nov 1722; adm. Feb 1731/2; succ. father as 5th Baron Byron 8 Aug 1736; Lieut., Royal Navy 27 Mar 1741, res. c. 1743; Grand Master, Order of Freemasons, 1747-52; Master of the Staghounds 5 Dec 1763- Aug 1765; quarrelled with his cousin William Chaworth (qv) at a club dinner at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall, and mortally wounded him in a duel, 26 Jan 1765; found guilty of manslaughter by the House of Lords, 16 Apr 1765, but was exempted from punishment by his privilege as a peer (Howell, State Trials, xix, 1177-1236); known as “the wicked Lord Byron”; m. 28 Mar 1747 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Shaw, Besthorpe Hall, Norfolk; d. 19 May 1798.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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WS-GRE-VI/iv/9

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GB 2014

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Final

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Partial

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  • English

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  • Latin

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