Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879

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Dates:
Birth 1798-04-27
Death 1879-03-19
Britons
English

Biographical notes:

Amory, Sewell & Moores, London solicitors. Samuel Amory was the solicitor who represented Shelley in his post-obit transactions.

From the guide to the Amory, Sewell & Moores manuscript material : 1 item, 1844, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Epithet: mistress of Lord Byron

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00005f

Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, commonly known as "Claire," step-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and member of the Shelley circle. An aspiring novelist and writer of significant journals and letters, she spent many years as a governess, and was the mother of Lord Byron's child Allegra.

From the description of Claire Clairmont manuscript material : 55 items, 1814-1879. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123896948

Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, commonly known as "Claire," step-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and member of the Shelley circle. A writer of significant journals and letters, she spent many years as a governess, and was the mother of Allegra by George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron.

From the guide to the Claire Clairmont manuscript material : 63 items, 1814-1879, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

English governess.

From the description of Diaries, 1814-1826. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465311

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  • Governesses
  • Lawyers

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