George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron, was one of the leading British poets of the 18th century. He is well known for his influence on the Romantic movement that originated in the 18th century. He is best known for his scandalous affairs and eccentric lifestyle. Lord Byron was born on 22 January 1788 to Catherine Gordon, a poor Scottish heiress, and Captain John ("Mad Jack") Byron, a fortune-hunting widower. It was only at the age of 10 that he inherited the title Lord Byron from his great-uncle, the fifth Lord "Wicked" Byron. The title Lord is typically bestowed formally on a baron in England. In 1801-1805 he attended Harrow School in London, where he had his first sexual encounters with both boys and girls. It is also during this period that he fell madly in love with his distant cousin, Mary Chaworth. The fact that she was engaged did not deter Lord Byron as his love and passion for her found its way into his poems, "Hills of Annesley" (1805), "The Adieu" (1807), "Stanzas to a Lady on Leaving England" (1809) and "The Dream" (1816). Years later, he said that all his "fables about the celestial nature of women" stemmed from the "perfection" his imagination created in Mary Chaworth. Lord Byron began attending Trinity College from October 1805 to July 1808, where he received a Master of Arts. During "the most romantic period of [his] life", he engaged in many sexual relationships and activities such as boxing, horse riding, and gambling. He was living well beyond his means and began accumulating debt that haunted him for years. (Lord Byron (George Gordon) (Lord Bryon - Biography)Lord Byron's first volume of poetry was Hours of Idleness (1808) which was re...... middle of paper ...... taken to Switzerland and he had a long relationship with Claire Clairmont. Claire Clairmont was also pregnant during the time of Lord Byron's baby, so the reference she makes, "Whose breasts gently heave / Like a sleeping child:", is logical and understandable to Roving. blatantly a self-recognition by Lord Byron. This poem was written in 1817 when Lord Byron was living in Venice and was beginning to realize that he was growing old, literally and figuratively, for all the things he was having in the poem "Though the Night Been Made." to love, / And the day returns too soon", clearly talks about making love, but by then he was getting old. All in all, Lord Byron tended to express his opinion through his poems and basically his poems were a more sophisticated way to record his thoughts and actions. (Lord Byron (George Gordon).