THE ROMANCE OF DUELLING. CHAPTER I. DUELS IN ENGLAND FROM THE YEAR 1765 TO 1798. LORD BYRON AND MR. CHAWORTH. (A.D. 1765.) FEW duels are more remarkable than that between Lord By.on and Mr. Chaworth, not only on account of the circumstances in which it was involved, but also for the supposed influence of the result on the career of his relative-England's greatest modern poet, the Byron of Childe Harold.' Lord Byron and Mr. Chaworth, an eminent country squire, were neighbours in their county, and it was their custom to meet, with other gentlemen of Nottinghamshire, at the Star and Garter' Tavern, in Pall Mall, at what was called the Nottinghamshire Club. The meeting of this club at which the unlucky dispute arose that produced the duel, was on the 26th of |