John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
Friendship with Lord Byron and mainland European journeys
Friendship with Lord Byron and mainland European journeys
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While at Cambridge Broughton became good friends with [Lord Byron](/wiki/Lord_Byron "Lord Byron"), who accompanied him on a tour through Spain, Greece and Turkey in 1809\. Hobhouse was present at the [Battle of Dresden](/wiki/Battle_of_Dresden "Battle of Dresden") in August 1813, and, [following the Coalition armies](/wiki/Campaign_in_north-east_France_%281814%29 "Campaign in north-east France (1814)") into France, he saw [Louis XVIII](/wiki/Louis_XVIII "Louis XVIII") enter Paris in May 1814\.

In 1815 Broughton was again in Paris after the return of [Napoleon Bonaparte](/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte "Napoleon Bonaparte") from [Elba](/wiki/Elba "Elba") (see *[Hundred Days](/wiki/Hundred_Days "Hundred Days")*), and showed his dislike of the [House of Bourbon](/wiki/House_of_Bourbon "House of Bourbon") and his sympathy with Bonaparte by writing in 1816 a pamphlet entitled *The substance of some letters written by an Englishman resident in Paris during the last reign of the emperor Napoleon*. This caused some offence in England and more in France, and the French translation was seized by the government. Both the translator and the printer were imprisoned.

A further period of travel with Byron followed, and at this time Hobhouse wrote some notes to the fourth canto of *[Childe Harold](/wiki/Childe_Harold "Childe Harold")*. This canto was afterwards dedicated to him, and a revised edition of a part of his notes entitled *Historical illustrations of the fourth canto of "Childe Harold" containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome and an essay on Italian literature*, was published in 1818\. He shared Byron's enthusiasm for the liberation of Greece. After the poet's death in 1824, Hobhouse [proved his will](/wiki/Probate "Probate"), and superintended the arrangements for his funeral.


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