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The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Constantinople, November 5th 1810
"I write to you a line to beg that you would take the trouble of sending your servant to the Waywode or Logotheti to enquire for any letters that may have come for me ...."
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Smyrna, March 10th 1811
"I have just heard of the arrival and intended immediate departure of your boat, but as I wished to give you all the news now afloat here I have taken the liberty of stopping it, ..."
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, June 1st 1811
"I have just heard that the Frigates will sail tomorrow morning early, and as I shall not therefore have an opportunity of seeing you before we meet in England I write you a line to wish you a pleasant voyage, ...."
The Marquis of Sligo to the Marchioness of Sligo, from Athens, September 15th 1810
Sligo’s disgust at Byron’s behaviour is lightly expressed. [PSC]
The Marquis of Sligo to the Marchioness of Sligo, from Tripolitza, August 3rd 1810
Sligo reveals that, at Tripolizta in the Morea, he was taken (a) for Byron and (b) for George III’s nephew. [PSC]
The Monastery of Pendele and Mount Pentelicus (Mendele)
Named as the the place of first of 200 plen opCs 1810-10-04 Byron to Hobhouse. BLJ 2-23n
the Nore, England
Named by Byron in 1811-06-19 to Hobhouse and 1811-06-25 to CaByron as part of his itinerary to return to London
The Sublime Porte
See 1810-04-10a. A synecdochic metonym for the central government of the Ottoman Empire. Wiki
the Volage Frigate
Byron to Hobhouse 1811-05-15. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Volage_(1807). Captain Phipps Hornby, fought at the Battle Lissa and was decorated. See Royal Museum Greenwich.
Named as being off the Cape St Vincent by Byron in 1811-06-19 to…
Named as being off the Cape St Vincent by Byron in 1811-06-19 to…