LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chedworth, John Howe, Baron, 1754-1804 DNB: Howe, John, fourth Baron Chedworth (1754–1804), eccentric LBT ID: LdChedw4 VIAF ID: 70948684 LOC ID: no90012608 | B/BAP: 1754-08-22 DIED: 1804-11-29 |
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Educated at Harrow and at Queen's College, Oxford, after inheriting the title from his
uncle in 1781 he refused to participate in polite society, preferring the company of
players. He wrote Notes upon some of the Obscure Passages in
Shakespeare's Plays (1805). | |
