Leigh Hunt:

Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries

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Chandos Leigh, baron Leigh (1791-1850)

Of Stoneleigh Abbey, educated at Harrow (where he knew Byron as a schoolboy) and Christ Church, Oxford; he was a prolific minor poet in the Byronic vein. Samuel Parr described him as “a lively companion, an elegant scholar, a zealous patriot, and an amiable and honourable man.” Of Stoneleigh Abbey, educated at Harrow (where he knew Byron as a schoolboy) and Christ Church, Oxford; he was a prolific minor poet in the Byronic vein. Samuel Parr described him as “a lively companion, an elegant scholar, a zealous patriot, and an amiable and honourable man.”