Scrope Berdmore Davies

Scrope Berdmore Davies (1782–1852), was an English Regency dandy.[1] He became known after his death for his colourful life and as a friend of Lord Byron, and was the subject of a 1981 biography titled The Rise and Fall of a Regency Dandy: The Life and Times of Scrope Berdmore Davies.

Early life

Scrope was born in 1782 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, the second of six sons (and four daughters) (or four sons and three daughters, according to William Prideaux Courtney)[2] of the Rev. Richard Davies (1747–1825), and his wife Margaretta Berdmore, daughter of Scrope Berdmore.[1]

See also

    References
    1. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-59368
    2. William Prideaux Courtney (1910). Eight Friends of the Great. London: Constable and Company Ltd. p. 103.

    Further reading
    • Friends of the Great 5
    • T. A. J. Burnett, The Rise and Fall of a Regency Dandy, The Life and times of Scrope Davies, John Murray, London, 1981
    • John S. Chapman, Byron and the Honourable Augusta Leigh, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1975

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