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b. 12 Aug. 1774, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Southey (d. 1792), linen draper, of Bristol, Glos. and Margaret, da. of Edward Hill, attorney, of Long Ashton, Som. educ. Westminster 1788; Balliol, Oxf. 1792; G. Inn 1797. m. (1) 14 Nov. 1795, Edith (d. 16 Nov. 1837), da. of Stephen Fricker, manufacturer, of Westbury, Wilts., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 4 June 1839, Caroline Anne, da. of Capt. Charles Bowles of E.I. Co., of Buckland Cottage, Lymington, Hants, s.p. d. 21 Mar. 1843.
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Poet laureate 1813 – d.
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Main residence: Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumb.
Notes
Based on Life and Corresp. of Southey ed. C.C. Southey (1849-50) and J. Simmons, Southey (1945). Southey’s voluminous correspondence has been extensively published, notably in Selections from Letters of Southey ed. J.W. Warter, 4 vols. (1856); Corresp. of Southey with Caroline Bowles ed. E. Dowden (1881); and New Letters of Southey ed. K. Curry (1965). Good biographies include G. Carnall, Southey and his Age (1964) and K. Curry, Southey (1975). Recent experiments in rehabilitation are M. Storey, Robert Southey: A Life (1997) and W.A. Speck, Robert Southey: Entire Man of Letters (2006).
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Commons 1820-1832
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SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843)
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