Medora Leigh

(1814-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leigh, Elizabeth Medora, 1814-1849 DNB: Leigh, (Elizabeth) Medora (1814-1849), alleged daughter of Lord Byron LBT ID: MeLeigh1849 VIAF ID: 30335676 LOC ID: n50048323	B/BAP: 1814-04-15 DIED: 1849-08-28
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The daughter of Augusta Leigh, possibly fathered by Lord Byron; in 1829 she eloped to France with Henry Trevanion, the husband of her sister Georgiana; she died there of smallpox.
REFERENCES TO Medora Leigh: Augusta Leigh to Lord Byron, 14 December 1814 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n2 Augusta Leigh to Francis Hodgson, 15 December 1814 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 2 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XIV. 1815-16. Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) I. Byron Characteristics Found 1: ¶ n1 II. Three Stages of Lord Byron’s Life Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ n2 Notes by the Editor Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 12 Appendix Found 4: ¶ 33 ¶ 34 ¶ 57 ¶ 127