A Harrow friend of Byron's, son of the Lord Chamberlain of Ireland; he once fought a duel with Henry Grattan's son in response to an aspersion on his father. Lord Clare was Governor of Bombay between 1830 and 1834.

REFERENCES TO John Fitzgibbon, second earl of Clare:

Lord Byron to the Earl of Clare, 6 February 1807 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to William Harness, 15 December 1811 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lady Holland to John Whishart, 17 December 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 28 September 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 6 October 1821 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 15 October 1821 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 25 November 1821 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 1 March 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 June 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to Mary Shelley, [16 November? 1822] in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 March 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 2 March 1829 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, [15] January 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, 15 July 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)