Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Augusta, half-sister of Lord Byron: influence over her brother, 42, 73, 245, 261; and his poetry, 103; wishes him to go abroad, 242; first introduction to, and close intimacy with, Mary Chaworth, 250; loyalty to her brother and Mary Chaworth, 255, 287, 317, 321; letters from her brother about Mary Chaworth, 258, 267, 268; simulated confinement and convalescence, 269; her brother's conduct gives colour to the scandal, 270, 279, 285; letters to Hodgson on the secret, 272, 344 _et seq._; spends a month at Newstead with her brother, 279; the difficulties of keeping the secret, 285, 317, 362 _et seq._; lines in _Childe Harold_ referring to, 287; the so-called confession, 289, 322, 324, 325, 341, 357, 361 _et seq._; _Stanzas to Augusta_, 290, 364; Lord Lovelace's opinion of her character, 294, 295; the accusation dealt with in detail, 318 _et seq._; Lord Stanhope and Frances, Lady Shelley on, 318; the story of her life, 319; Hobhouse's advice to, 320; difficult position with Lady Byron, 321, 341, 362, 367; her predicament owing to the adoption of Medora, 322; _Epistle to Augusta_, 324; letters to Hodgson on her brother's marriage, 332 _et seq._; a long visit to her brother and Lady Byron, 336; Lady Byron's feelings towards her, 336, 337, 342, 343, 360; Lady Byron's confinement, 337; Mrs. Clermont's treachery, 341; Lady Jersey's party, 352; parts for ever from her brother, 352; Lady Byron's written statement, 353 _et seq._; letters to Hodgson on her brother, 362; her line of conduct to Lady Byron, 362 _et seq._; Moore on Byron's feelings towards her, 366; pretends that her brother's letter to Mary Chaworth was written to herself, 368 _et seq._; a genuine letter, 372; reply to Lady Byron's advice, 375 _et seq._; her children's prospects discussed with Lady Byron, 380, 385; Lady Byron's request, 380; Lord Lovelace on, 389 _et seq._ Lepanto, preparations against, 91 _Liberal, The_, its unsuccessful career, 31, 32 _Lion_, Byron's favourite dog, 145, 146 Londos, General Andrea, and Byron, 155 Lovelace, Earl of, _Astarte_: Byron's _Thyrza_, 234 n.; accusations against Mrs. Leigh, 249, 269 _et seq._, 287, 288, 318, 321, 322, 338, 341, 362, 366 _et seq._, 368 _et seq._, 385 _et seq._, 390; describes Mrs. Leigh's character, 294; _Manfred_, the key of the mystery, 326 _et seq._, 364; Byron's mutability, 339; Lady Byron's written statement, 353 _et seq._; important letters from Byron, 368 _et seq._, 385, 386; and Lady Byron, 387 Lushington, Dr.: advises Lady Byron, 338, 351, 352, 357, 358, 383, 387; his opinion on Byron's letters abstracted by Mrs. Clermont, 341; signs Lady Byron's statement, 353 _et seq._ _Magdalen_, a fragment, 269