George Gordon Byron, Major
1810 - 1882, New York City
Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, Spanish forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.
found: The life of Major Byron, 1951:p. 10 (G. Byron) p. 9 (styled himself Major George Gordon De Luna Byron; claimed to b. in 1810, the son of the poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) and the Countess De Luna) p. 112 (d. in New York City on June 4, 1882) p. 187 (forger of Byron, Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley)
found: NUC pre-56(hdg.: Byron, George Gordon, Major; usage: Major George Gordon Byron) LCNAF
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002017386; accessed 1/6/2021
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