English man of letters; after Harrow he joined the dragoons, married well, and published Poems (1790) and became a prolific poet and translator, prominent in literary society.

REFERENCES TO William Sotheby:

Robert Southey to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 11 June 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Richard Duppa, 23 May 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 17 November 1808 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 22 November 1808 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Walter Savage Landor, 23 April 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 30 October 1809 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 19 May 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1814 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge to John Murray, 31 August 1814 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Lord Byron to John Taylor, 25 September 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 27 September 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 28 October 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

John Murray to Lord Byron, 4 November 1815 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Murray to Walter Scott, 8 November 1815 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 20 February 1816 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Samuel Rogers, 4 April 1817 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 11 April 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 14 June 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 August 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 4 September 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 8 January 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 7 March 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

John Murray to Walter Scott, 17 March 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 23 April 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

John Hookham Frere to John Murray, 4 May 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Hookham Frere to John Murray, 29 May 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Murray to Lord Byron, 16 June 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 1 August 1819 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to William Bankes, 20 November 1819 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Sir Walter Scott to Sophia Lockhart, 18 February 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 11 June 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 11 July 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 23 May 1826 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 14 January [1834] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Thomas Babington Macaulay to Samuel Rogers, 14 January 1834 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)