Son of the British consul at Genoa who carried Byron's letter to Goethe in Germany; he became the lover of the poet's daughter-in-law Ottilie von Goethe, whom he met on the trip.

REFERENCES TO Charles Sterling:

Lord Byron to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 24 July 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Goëthe on Lord Byron, 16 July 1824 in Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824)