Edward Lear's Diaries

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Edward Lear, Lebanon, 20 May 1858

There are no more entries in the diary until 6 June, when Lear leaves Beirut after his tour of the Lebanon to go back to Corfu. For Lear’s impressions of the Holy Land and the Lebanon, see his Letter to Lady Waldegrave of 27 May.

Edward Lear, Damascus, 28 May 1858

These maps are intended only as a general guide to Edward Lear’s movements. You can double left-click to zoom in and double right-click to zoom out.

Corfu (1858)

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From Corfu to Alexandria (13-17 March 1858)

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Egypt – The Holy Land – Lebanon and back to Corfu (17 March – 15 June 1858)

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England, autumn 1858

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From Dover to London (23 August 1858)

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From London to Bowness-on-Windermere, Wansfell Hall (27 August 1858)

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Wansfell – Liverpool – London (September 1858)

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Voyage to Rome, November 1858

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Rome, winter 1858-1859

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Southern England, May-June 1859

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Eastern Liguria, May 1860

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A preacher in Jerusalem, “an old friend, son of Ralph Barnes the Bp. of Exeter” (Letters, 96).

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Son of William Cross of Redscar. He was one of Lear’s closest friends and married Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and a great-niece of the 12th Earl of Derby (SL, 288).

“Finding a letter from my friend Cross of Redscar, ― I set out to meet him at Malta” (Letter to the 13th Earl of Derby of 12 January 1849, SL, 97). The two then went on to Egypt, SL, 98-106.

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1827-1910.

Edward Lear often mentions him as “Daddy” or “Daddy Hunt.” See Wikipedia article.

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Wife, and after 1857 widow, of Robert A. Hornby. He was one of the sons ofthe Reverend James John Hornby, rector of Winwick, and therefore a great-nephew of the 12th Earl of Derby. He helped to support Lear in his first journey to Rome in 1837.

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Lear’s London landlord.

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