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 Paul’s, and the celebrated commentator on Shakespeare, and frequently mentioned by Malone and Steevens.

Mr. Richard Byron was born in 1769; and entered the naval service at the commencement of 1782, as a Midshipman, on board the Andromache frigate, commanded by his first cousin, the late Captain George Anson Byron, then about to sail for the West India station, where he arrived in time to witness the defeat and capture of Count de Grasse, by the fleet under Sir George B. Rodney. He was also present at the relief of Gibraltar by Earl Howe, at the latter end of the same year.

