He was George Gordon Byron's ... lover. The link is 404 and in Lord Byron there is an ample succession of lovers but no mention of Courtenay, so sauce plz. All I could find is Don Leon, a poem sometimes attributed to Byron: What had he done? Ask crippled Talleyrand, / Ask Beckford, Courtenay, all the motley band / Of priest and laymen, who have shared his guilt / (If guilt it be) then slumber if thou wilt;--87.162.35.68 (talk) 20:03, 21 October 2009 (UTC)