Frances Wilson

Excess and incest were meat and drink to the Byrons

The poet seems almost tame compared to his forebears, especially the 5th Lord, ‘Devil Byron’, a profligate murderer who ruined the family

George Gordon, Lord Byron. Credit: Getty Images
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