Holograph fair copy of five travel diaries kept by the future Earl of Warwick between 1837 and 1843. The first and second chronicle summer vacation trips to France, accompanied by a tutor and then by his mother and sister. Topics include Greville's fi...
Description:
Spine title: "Journals."
Subject (Geographic):
France, Germany, Istanbul (Turkey), Italy, and Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Fesch, Joseph, Cardinal, 1763-1839., Gibson, John, 1790-1866., Kemble, John M. 1807-1857. (John Mitchell),, Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893., and Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Catholicism, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
The collection contains nineteen letters written by the Marquess of Sligo during his travels in Greece and Asia Minor. Subjects include his planned itineraries; travel expenses; his elaborate entertainment by Veli Pasha; impressions of and experiences...
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Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845) was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Lord Byron. After succeeding to his father's title in 1809, in 1810-11 he toured the Mediterranean and the Levant, sending home...
Subject (Geographic):
Greece., Mediterranean Region., Greece, Istanbul (Turkey), Mediterranean Region, and Turkey
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845., and Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839.
Subject (Topic):
Friends and associates, Travel, Classical antiquities, Collectors and collecting, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Pashas, Description and travel, and History
