Augusta Leigh

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Augusta Leigh

English woman

Also known as: Augusta Byron, Byron, Augusta

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Lord Byron
Celebrity and marriage: Mad, bad, and dangerous to know
…relations with his half sister Augusta, now married to Colonel George Leigh. He then carried on a flirtation with Lady Frances Webster as a diversion from this dangerous liaison. The agitations of these two love affairs and the sense of mingled guilt and exultation they aroused in Byron are reflected…
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…relations with his half sister Augusta, now married to Colonel George Leigh. He then carried on a flirtation with Lady Frances Webster as a diversion from this dangerous liaison. The agitations of these two love affairs and the sense of mingled guilt and exultation they aroused in Byron are reflected…
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