The London Gazette 15892. Whitehall, February 25, 1806.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and lreland to the following Gentlemen, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten.

Charles Hastings (age 53), of Willesley-Hall, in the County of Leicester, Esq; Lieutenant-General of His Majesties Forces.

Bysshe Shelley (age 74), of Castle Goring, in the County of Sussex, Esq.

Montagu Cholmeley (age 33), of Easton, in the County of Lincoln, Esq.

Thomas Sutton (age 51), of Molesey in the County of Surrey, Esq.

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. In May 1816 the pair [Bysshe Shelley 1st Baronet and Mary Godwin aka Shelley (age 18)] left England for Switzerland, together with Miss Clairmont (age 18), and their own infant son William. They went straight to Sécheron, near Geneva; Byron (age 28), whose separation from his wife had just then taken place, arrived there immediately afterwards. A great deal of controversy has arisen as to the motives and incidents of this foreign sojourn. The clear fact is that Miss Clairmont (age 18), who had a fine voice and some inclination for the stage, had seen Byron, as connected with the management of Drury Lane theatre, early in the year, and an amorous intrigue had begun between them in London. Prima facie it seems quite reasonable to suppose that she had explained the facts to Shelley or to Mary, or to both, and had induced them to convoy her to the society of Byron abroad; were this finally established as the fact, it would show no inconsistency of conduct, or breach of his own code of sexual morals, on Shelley's part. On the other hand, documentary evidence exists showing that Mary was totally ignorant of the amour shortly before they went abroad. Whether or not they knew of it while they and Claire were in daily intercourse with Byron, and housed close by him on the shore of the Lake of Geneva, may be left unargued. The three returned to London in September 1816, Byron remaining abroad; and in January 1817 Miss Clairmont (age 18) gave birth to his daughter named Allegra.