Regency Personalities Series-Augusta Leigh

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Regency Personalities Series

In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency (I include those who were born before 1811 and who died after 1795), today I continue with one of themany period notables.

Augusta LeighnéeByron
26 January 1783 – 12 October 1851

Augusta Leigh

Augusta Leigh ‘s mother died soon after her birth. Her grandmother, Lady Holderness, raised Augusta for a few years, but died when Augusta was still a young girl, and the child divi...