John Dent [Dog Dent]

(1761 c.-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dent, John, 1760-1826 DNB: Dent, John (b. in or after 1761, d. 1826), politician and book collector LBT ID: JoDent1826 VIAF ID: 19515902 LOC ID: nr00008334	B/BAP: 1761 DIED: 1826-11-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Tory MP and book-collector; he acquired his sobriquet by proposing a tax on dogs. The sale of his library realized over £15,000.
REFERENCES TO John Dent [Dog Dent]: Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 August 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Verse 1: p. 141a Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 December 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1817 Verse 1: p. 141a Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. II: 1822