Baron Byron, of
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in the
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, is a title in the
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. It was created in 1643, by
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, for
Sir John ByronJohn Byron, 1st Baron Byron was an English Royalist and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.-Life:...
, a
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general and former
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. The peerage was created with remainder to the heirs male of his body, failing which, to his six brothers Richard, William, Thomas, Robert, Gilbert and Philip, and the heirs male of their bodies. Lord Byron died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his next eldest brother Richard, the second Baron.
The latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, killed his cousin and neighbour William Chaworth in a duel on 26 January 1765. He was brought before his peers in the
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but under the statute of Edward VI he was found guilty only of
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and forced to pay a small fine. Byron henceforth became known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron".
He was succeeded by his great-nephew,
George Gordon ByronGeorge Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
, the sixth Baron, the famous
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poet. He was the son of John "Mad Jack" Byron, son of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
John "Foulweather Jack" ByronVice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...
, second son of the fourth Baron and the younger brother of the fifth Baron. Lord Byron died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin,
the seventh BaronAdmiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron was a British naval officer, and the seventh Baron Byron, in 1824 succeeding his cousin the poet George Gordon Byron in that peerage...
. He was an
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in the
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.
On the death of his great-grandson, the eleventh Baron (who had succeeded his first cousin once removed in 1949), this line of the family expired. The late Baron was succeeded by his distant relative (his fifth cousin), the twelfth Baron. He was the great-great-great-grandson of Reverend the Hon. Richard Byron, third son of the fourth Baron. As of 2009 the title is held by his second son, the thirteenth Baron, who succeeded in 1989.
Barons Byron (1643)
- John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron was an English Royalist and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.-Life:...
(1599–1652)
- Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron
Sir Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron was an English Royalist, knight, and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.-Life:Byron was a son of Sir John Byron Jr, who was the 2nd owner of Newstead Abbey, and Anne Molyneux....
(1606–1679)
- William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron
William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron was an English peer and unskilled poet.-Life:Byron was the son of Sir Richard Byron and Elizabeth Rossell...
(1636–1695)
- William Byron, 4th Baron Byron
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark.-Life:Byron was the son of William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron and the Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth...
(1669–1736)
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron , also known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron", was the poet George Gordon Byron's great uncle. He was the son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and his wife Hon...
(1722–1798)
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
(1788–1824), the English RomanticRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
poet
- George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron
Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron was a British naval officer, and the seventh Baron Byron, in 1824 succeeding his cousin the poet George Gordon Byron in that peerage...
(1789–1868)
- George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron
Captain George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron was a British army officer, and the eighth Baron Byron, as son of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, who was the cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.Byron was the son of Admiral George Anson Byron and...
(1818–1870)
- George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron
Lt. George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron was a British army officer, and the ninth Baron Byron, as grandson of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, who was the cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.Byron was the son of the Hon. Frederick Byron...
(1855–1917)
- Frederick Ernest Charles Byron, 10th Baron Byron
The Reverend Frederick Ernest Charles Byron, 10th Baron Byron was an Anglican clergyman, and the tenth Baron Byron, as grandson of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, who was the cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.-Life:Byron was the son of the Hon....
(1861–1949)
- Rupert Frederick George Byron, 11th Baron Byron
Rupert Frederick George Byron, 11th Baron Byron was the eleventh Baron Byron, as a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.-Life:...
(1903–1983)
- Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron DSO was a British peer and army officer. He was a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron....
(1899–1989)
- Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron
Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron is a British peer and barrister. He is a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.-Early life and education:...
(b. 1950)
The
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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron (b. 1990)