James Byres [ Travel ]
… a guide. For example, in 1764, Edward Gibbon wrote of him: ‘my guide was Mr. Byers, a Scotch antiquary of experience and taste’. 7 Dr. John Moore, tutor to Douglas Hamilton, who visited Rome with Byres in 1775-76, described him as being ‘a gentleman of probity, knowledge and real taste’. 8 6 . Thomas Jones, ‘Memoirs of Thomas Jones: Penkerrig Radnorshire 1803’, The Volume of the Walpole Society … participants, usually between five and seven people. In addition to increasing the travellers' knowledge, their artistic tastes and preferences were permanently influenced by their contact with Byres. Giuseppe Cades, ‘Gavin Hamilton Leading a …
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