. Dulwich, history and romance : 967-1922. ;j. ( 47 ) After Lord Thurlow left Dulwich Grove, it became* The Grove House Academy, kept by Dr. Glennie,who died about 1825. Lord Byron was a pupilthere for two years before he went to Harrow. Theonly incident of public interest worth noting abouthis stay at Dulwich is that one day Dr. Glennie hadgiven to him, by a friend, a pamphlet which waseagerly read by the pupils, descriptive of the ship-wreck of the Juno, on the coast of Arracan, in1795; in which is told a touching and tragic storyof two fathers on board parting with their dyingsons. Thi
. Dulwich, history and romance : 967-1922. ;j. ( 47 ) After Lord Thurlow left Dulwich Grove, it became* The Grove House Academy, kept by Dr. Glennie,who died about 1825. Lord Byron was a pupilthere for two years before he went to Harrow. Theonly incident of public interest worth noting abouthis stay at Dulwich is that one day Dr. Glennie hadgiven to him, by a friend, a pamphlet which waseagerly read by the pupils, descriptive of the ship-wreck of the Juno, on the coast of Arracan, in1795; in which is told a touching and tragic storyof two fathers on board parting with their dyingsons. This story sank into young Byrons mind,and is re-told by him in Don Juan, Canto II. The Dulwich Club. No history of Dulwich is complete without areference to this Society, and a description of asocial club of the 18th century will be interestingto readers generally. There appears to have beenan earlier society, known as the Quarterly Meeting,but the Dulwich Club, as we know it, held its firstmeeting on 26th March, 1791, and was in full swingin 1792,
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