Agnes Gray

(1800 fl.)

LBT ID: AgGray1800
SOURCES: Marchand, Byron, a Biography (1957); Scottish Notes and Queries 1 (February 1900) 113
Byron's nurse, said to have instilled in him Calvinistic principles; she married Alexander Melvin of Aberdeen and named their son after Byron; Mrs. Byron was present at the christening.
REFERENCES TO Agnes Gray: Galt, John, 1779-1839, The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 15 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 3: ¶ 16 ¶ 66 ¶ 78