Il poeta romantico inglese
Percy Bysshe SHELLEY (* Field Place, Sussex, 04-VIII-1792 + golfo di Lerici, 08-VII-1822)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley, figlio del 2°Baronetto di Castle Goring, apparteneva ad un'antica e consolidata prosapia.
Era nientemeno che il 18°pronipote del Re Enrico III d' Inghilterra
http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi ... y=2&asc=-1Shelley Baronets, of Castle Goring (1806)Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet (1731–1815)
Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet (1753–1844)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet (1819–1889)
Sir Edward Shelley, 4th Baronet (1827–1890)
Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Baronet (1838–1902)
Sir John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls, 6th Baronet (5 August 1871 – 18 February 1951). Shelley-Rolls was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Baronet, and his wife Mary Jane Jemima Stopford. He served in the South African and the First World Wars in the Scots Guards attaining the rank of Captain. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1928. Shelley-Rolls married Eleanor Georgiana Rolls, daughter of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, on 23 April 1898. There were no children from this marriage. In 1917 in compliance with the will of his father-in-law, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Rolls. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother the seventh Baronet.
Sir Percy Bysshe Shelley, 7th Baronet (1872–1953)
Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8th Baronet (1880–1965)
William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, 9th Baronet, of Castle Goring (1909–1991)
see Viscount De L'Isle for further holders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_BaronetsSHELLEY of Castle Goring (Creation 1806) Arma parlante, dall'inglese
Shell (Conchiglia)
Arms :
Sable a fess, engrailed between three whelks or, a mullet for difference.
Crest : A griffin's head erased, beaked and ducally gorged or.
Motto : FEY E FIDALGIA
Shelley Baronets, of Michelgrove (1611)Sir John Shelley, 1st Baronet (d. c 1644)
Sir Charles Shelley, 2nd Baronet (d. 1681)
Sir John Shelley, 3rd Baronet (d. 1703)
Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet (1692-1771)
Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet (c. 1730-1783)
Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet (1772-1852)
Sir John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet (1808-1867)
Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet (1809-1869)
Sir John Shelley, 9th Baronet (1848-1931)
Sir John Frederick Shelley, 10th Baronet (1884-1976)
Sir John Richard Shelley, 11th Baronet (b. 1943)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_BaronetsSHELLEY of Michelgrove (Creation 1611)
Arms :
Sable a fess, engrailed between three whelks or.
Crest : A griffin's head erased, beaked argent and ducally gorged or.
Motto : COMME JE TROUVE


La residenza di Castle Goring (West Sussex) venne fatta costruire dal nonno del poeta nel 1790 su disegno dell'architetto di origine italiana John REBECCA, in stile prettamente Georgiano.
La proprietà appartiene ora ai discendenti di Arthur William FitzRoy SOMERSET (1855-1937), campione di cricket. Il complesso, in questi anni, è stato abbandonato a sè stesso e necessita,pertanto, urgentemente di un profondo restauro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Goring
Facciata Nord

Facciata Sud
Veduta aerea di Castle Goring (50 miglia S di Londra)
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cas ... ?service=1Lo zio materno, John PILFORD (1769-1834), Capitano della Royal Navy, partecipò alla battaglia di Trafalgar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_PilfoldI poemi del poeta nella madre lingua :
http://www.poemhunter.com/percy-bysshe- ... ms/page-1/Il Comune di Lerici (SP), manco a dirlo, è gemellato con Horsham, città natale del Nostro.
Cordiali saluti