Baron Byron, of

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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 Byron, a

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general and former Member of Parliament. The peerage was created with remainder to the heirs male of his body, failing, 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

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, 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

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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 Byron, the sixth Baron, the famous Romantic poet. He was the son of John "Mad Jack" Byron, son of

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John "Foulweather Jack" Byron, 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 Baron, who was an

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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 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. From the 16th century until 1818, the family residence of the Lords Byron was Newstead Abbey in

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. Most of the Byrons—including the sixth baron's daughter, the famed mathematician

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—are buried in the family vault in the nearby Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall.

Barons Byron (1643)

* John Byron, 1st Baron Byron (1599–1652) * Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606–1679) *

William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636 – 13 November 1695) was an English nobleman, peer, politician, and a poet. Life Byron was the son of Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron and Elizabeth Rossell. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Byron i ...

(1636–1695) *

William Byron, 4th Baron Byron William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (4 January 1669/70 – 8 August 1736) was an English nobleman, politician, peer, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark. Early life Byron was the only surviving son of William Byron, 3rd ...

(1669–1736) *

William Byron, 5th Baron Byron William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (5 November 1722 – 19 May 1798), was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great-uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron who succeeded him in the title. As a result of a number of stories that arose after a ...

(1722–1798) *

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...

(1788–1824), the English Romantic poet * George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron (1789–1868) * George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron (1818–1870) * George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (1855–1917) * Frederick Ernest Charles Byron, 10th Baron Byron (1861–1949) * Rupert Frederick George Byron, 11th Baron Byron (1903–1983) * Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron (1899–1989) * Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (b. 1950) The

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is the present holder's son, Charles Richard Gordon Byron (b. 1990).

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External links

Biography of George Anson Byron senior
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