John Codrington Bamfylde | |
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 John Codrington Bampfylde (right) withGeorge Huddesford, double portrait byJoshua Reynolds | |
| Born | (1754-08-27)27 August 1754 |
| Died | 1796 or 1797 (aged 41-43) |
| Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Father | Richard Bampfylde |
| Relatives | Charles Bampfylde (brother) Coplestone Bamfylde (grandfather) George Bampfylde (nephew) |
John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde (orBampfield; 27 August 1754 – 1796/1797) was an 18th-century English poet. He came from a prominentDevon family, his father beingSir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet, and was educated atTrinity Hall, Cambridge.[1] He had financial problems, having fallen into dissipation on going to London. His romantic advances toMary Palmer (later wife ofMurrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond), niece ofJoshua Reynolds, were refused by her and discouraged by Reynolds, who expelled Bampfylde from the house. Bampfylde was subsequently arrested for breaking Reynolds's windows, and he spent the latter part of his life in apsychiatric hospital inLondon, briefly regaining his sanity before his death[2][3] fromtuberculosis.
His only published work wasSixteen Sonnets (1778), which attracted the attention ofRobert Southey.
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