Lifestyles of the Rich (or at least Titled) and Famous

Lord Byron's bed at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. Byron inherited the estate along with the title from a great-uncle when he was only ten years old, and it is impressive: a huge Gothic house, gardens, a lake where the previous Lord Byron had staged mock naval battles.

Unfortunately there was no money to maintain it and during the brief periods when Byron actually lived there, he reportedly slept with this gun next to his bed because the state of the windows and doors made the house impossible to secure and the ruffians in nearby Sherwood Forest were an ongoing threat.