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Augusta Maria Leigh (née Byron; 26 January 1783 – 12 October 1851) was the only surviving daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron, the poet Lord Byron's father, by his first wife, Amelia, née Darcy (Lady Conyers in her own right and the divorced wife of Francis, Marquis of Carmarthen).
Augusta Maria Leigh ( née Byron; 26 January 1783 – 12 October 1851) was the only surviving daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron, the poet Lord Byron 's father, by his first wife, Amelia, née Darcy (Lady Conyers in her own right and the divorced wife of Francis, Marquis of Carmarthen ).
Quick Reference. (1784–1851), half‐sister of Lord Byron, daughter of his father by the latter's earlier marriage to Lady Carmarthen. Augusta's relations with Byron have been the subject of much speculation, and it is probable that he was the father of her daughter, Elizabeth Medora, born in 1814.
Augusta Leigh, Byron's half sister : a biography. by. Bakewell, Michael. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Family, Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851, Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820. Publisher.
Jan 1, 2000 · 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.
A spendthrift husband and a passel of serpent's teeth for children forced a series of humiliating confrontations in order for Augusta to obtain money from Byron's estate. Augusta loved unwisely—ever; too well—always.
The first biography of Augusta Leigh for over thirty years, this fascinating account draws on a wealth of new material from archives all over the country. It sheds new light not only on this remarkable and courageous woman, but on Georgian and Regency society and the life of the Court.
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