ECL.18-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.18-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Locket of Lord George Byron's hair
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Locket of Lord George Byron's hair authenticated by his sister Augusta Leigh on 19 April 1824, and three letters by Augusta Leigh to Henry Porter Smith who was the Head of a London Insurance Company. One of these letters kept in the original envelope.
Content (person)
Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788 - 1824 (Former owner)
Leigh, Augusta, 1784 - 1851 (Author)
Lees-Milnes, James, 1908 - 1997 (Former owner)
Leigh, Augusta, 1784 - 1851 (Author)
Lees-Milnes, James, 1908 - 1997 (Former owner)
Dimensions
height (approx): 190mm
width (approx): 117mm
width (approx): 117mm
Dimension note
Approximate dimensions of the letters.
Material
organic
paper
metal
paper
metal
Materials & techniques note
Locket of Lord George Byron's hair and personal letters
Production
Date
1824
1836?
1836?
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: The locket and the letters were acquired from James Lees-Milnes in the late 20th century. The items are accompanied by a letter from Alma Pitt Jones to James Lees-Milne, dated 9th April 1970, recording that the locket was in possesion of her family.
Previous ownership
Eton College: Not known
