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Byron (name)
Byron () is an English toponymic surname that is derived from Byram, North Yorkshire. Its use as a given name derives from the surname. Surname * Beverly Byron (1932–2025), U.S. Congresswoman for Maryland, widow of Goodloe Byron * David Byron (1947–1985), 20th-century British musician, former singer of Uriah Heep * Delma Byron (1913–2006), American actress * Don Byron (born 1958), American jazz (or eclectic) composer and musician * Ed Byron (1904/1905-1964), American radio producer * Fergal Byron (born 1974), Irish Gaelic football player * Frederick Byron, 10th Baron Byron (1861–1949), Anglican clergyman and British peer * George Byron, 7th Baron Byron (1789–1868), British naval officer, cousin of poet George Gordon Byron * George Byron, 8th Baron Byron (1818–1870), 19th-century British army officer and peer * George Byron, 9th Baron Byron (1855–1917), British army officer and peer *Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron) (1788–1824), English writer and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,"Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar.Last Names and Their Meanings ''ancestry.com'' which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or lands that they held, or, more generically, names that were derived from regional topographic features.Iris Shagrir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagrir, Ellenblum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byron
Vice-Admiral John Byron (8 November 1723 – 1 April 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack" in the press because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. As a midshipman, he sailed in the squadron under George Anson on his voyage around the world, though Byron's ship, HMS ''Wager'', made it only to southern Chile, where it was wrecked. He returned to England with the captain of the ship. He was governor of Newfoundland following Hugh Palliser, who left in 1768. He circumnavigated the world as a commodore with his own squadron in 1764–1766. He fought in battles in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. He rose to Vice Admiral of the White before his death in 1786. His grandsons include the poet Lord Byron and George Anson Byron, admiral and explorer, who were the 6th and 7th Baron Byron, respectively. One of his great-granddaughters was the mathematician and informatics pioneer Ada Lovelace. Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Byron (travel Writer)
Robert Byron (26 February 1905 – 24 February 1941) was an English travel writer, best known for his travelogue ''The Road to Oxiana''. He was also an art critic and historian. Biography Robert Byron was born in Wembley, London on 26 February 1905, the only son of three children born to Eric Byron, a civil engineer, and his wife Margaret, daughter of William Robinson, of Southall Manor, Middlesex. He was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1925 in Modern History. At Oxford he took part in the Hypocrites' Club. Byron travelled in 1925 across Europe in a car to Greece, with Alfred Duggan and Gavin Henderson. It led to his first book, and a second was commissioned for Duckworth by Thomas Balston, to be on Mount Athos. He later visited India, the Soviet Union, and Tibet. It was in Persia and Afghanistan that Byron found the subject to match his style of travel writing. He completed his account of ''The Road to Oxiana'' in Beijing, his temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Byron (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear-Admiral Richard Byron (1769–1837) was an officer in the British Royal Navy. He served in the American Revolutionary War where he saw action at the Battle of the Saintes, the French Revolutionary Wars where he fought at the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Groix, and the Napoleonic Wars where he served in North-American waters. Byron was in command of HMS Belvidera (1809), HMS ''Belvidera'' when she was attacked by a squadron of Frigate#Heavy frigate, heavy frigates in one of the first actions of the 1812 Anglo-American War. Personal life Richard Byron was born in 1769 to the Honourable Richard Byron, rector of Haughton, and Mary, née Farmer. He was the nephew of Admiral John Byron. On 23 September 1803, he married Sarah Sykes, the daughter of a navy agent and the sister of John Sykes (1773–1858), later to be Vice-admiral John Sykes. They had four sons. Byron died in Leatherhead on 2 September 1837, aged 68. His wife outlived him by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron
Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606 – 4 October 1679) was an English nobleman, Royalist, politician, peer, knight, and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. Life Byron was the son of John Byron (died 1652) and Anne Molyneux, and grandson of parliamentarian Sir John Byron (died 1623). He fought in the Battle of Edgehill as a "Valiant Colonel", and was knighted in 1642. He also graduated from Oxford University, in 1642 with a Master of Arts (MA). He held the office of Governor of Newark, Nottinghamshire. He held the office of Governor of Appleby Castle, Westmorland. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Byron in 1652 upon the death of his brother John Byron, 1st Baron Byron. Lord Byron died in 1679 and was succeeded by his son William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (born 1636). Family Lord Byron married Elizabeth Rossell, daughter of Gervase Rossell and Margaret Whalley. They had six children, including William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636–1695) and Hon. Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron DSO (3 November 1899 – 15 June 1989) was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and army officer. He was a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Early life and education Byron was the son of Col. Richard Byron and Mabel Mackenzie Winter. He was educated at Eton College in Eton, UK. Professional life After passing out from the Royal Military College, Byron was commissioned into the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards as a second lieutenant on 21 August 1918, barely three months before the end of the First World War. He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 February 1920. Byron was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay, Sir George Lloyd, from 1921 to September 1923. On 1 March 1929, Byron was seconded to the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, a Territorial Army regiment, as its adjutant with the temporary rank of captain. He was promoted to the substantive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Byron
James Paul Byron (born April 27, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played a total of 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the sixth round, 179th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Byron also played for the Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens. Playing career Amateur A native of Ottawa, Byron first played junior B hockey with the Ottawa West Golden Knights in 2005–06. He moved up to major-junior the following season with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Following a 44-point campaign in 2006–07, the Buffalo Sabres chose to select him with their sixth round pick, 179th overall, at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He remained in junior in 2007–08 where he improved to 68 points in 52 games for the Olympiques. Byron scored 32 points in 19 playoff games – second only to teammate Claude Giroux's 51 points – to help lead Gatineau to the President' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Byron
Sir Nicholas Byron (1416–1503) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. Family Byron was the son of John Byron, and his wife, Margery Booth. He was created a Knight of the Bath by Arthur, Prince of Wales on the occasion of Prince Arthur's marriage on 14 November 1501. Marriage and issue Sir Nicholas married Joan Bushler, daughter of Sir John Bushler of Haugham, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Berkeley, with whom he had five daughters and two sons, including John Byron. Joan survived her husband and married Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottingham.Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and ..., Volume 7 By Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges References 1416 births 1503 deaths 15th-century English politicians 16th-century English politicians Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Byron
Louisa Elizabeth Babb (1861–1901), known professionally as Minnie Byron, was an English mezzo-soprano and actress best known for her character performances of Opéra bouffe in the 1880s. However successful, Byron was not a career performer, using her brief public visibility to secure a more stable and prosperous future for herself and her children, an important footnote in social history or specifically, Social history#Women's history, women's history. Biography Byron was born in Woolwich in 1861 to Louisa Frances (''née'' Young) and Henry Babb, a shipwright from Devon. It is unknown where or how she had acquired her education, vocal training or acting skills, but at the age of nineteen, Byron made her West End theatre, West End debut at the Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street) in the chorus of ''Les mousquetaires au couvent, Les Mousquetaires'' in 1880. For the next 5 months, she honed her skills playing minor opéra bouffe roles at The Globe opposite Henry Bracy with no Billi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Byron
Katharine Byron (née Edgar; October 25, 1903 – December 28, 1976), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941, to January 3, 1943. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland. Early life Katharine Edgar was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 25, 1902, to Mary (née McComas) and Brigadier General Clinton Goodloe Edgar. She attended independent schools during her youth, such as the Liggett School in Detroit, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland. She later moved to Williamsport, Maryland, in 1922. The Byrons were communicants of Saint John's Church. She was a granddaughter of U.S. Senator Louis E. McComas, who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland. Personal life She married William D. Byron in 1922. Together, they had five sons: * William Devereux Byron III (1925–1990) * James “Jamie” Edgar Byron (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Byron
Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is an American television host, best known for her role on the ''MythBusters'' and '' White Rabbit Project'' series. Byron was born in the Bay Area, California and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in film and sculpture. Byron was a cast member of ''MythBusters'' from 2004 to 2014 where she was part of "The Build Team". From 2010 to 2011, Byron hosted '' Head Rush'', aimed at science education and teens, and ''Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships''. From 2011 to 2014, she presented ''Punkin Chunkin'' on the Science Channel. She co-hosted Netflix's '' White Rabbit Project'' in 2016 and '' Crash Test World'' in 2019. Byron is also the co-founder of EXPLR Media, an education streaming service. Outside of television, Byron is an artist and author. She wrote a memoir titled ''Crash Test Girl'' in 2018. Early life Byron was born in the Bay Area, California. She graduated from Los Gatos High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Byron
Judy Byron is a multimedia artist and activist based in Washington, D.C. Her work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Early life and education Byron was born in North Syracuse, New York and grew up in a working-class Italian Irish family. She received her bachelor's degree in speech and drama from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and studied printmaking at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, D.C. After receiving her B.A., Byron volunteered for Gene McCarthy and the California farm workers. When she moved to Washington, D.C., Judy Byron worked as a teacher at Cardozo High School. She is married to photographer Rick Reinhard. Art Byron has consciously moved away from traditional gallery spaces and displays her work in public spaces and her home. Byron's work consists of mostly drawings and portraits and she engages in an interactive process with the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
