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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 [ edit ]
The Hon. Richard Noel Byron (1948–1985) Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (1950) Byron succeeded to the title of 12th Baron Byron in 1983 upon the death of his fifth cousin Rupert Frederick George Byron, 11th Baron Byron, in Australia. Lord Byron died on 15 June 1989 at age 89, whereupon his surviving son Robert Byron became the 13th Baron.
Richard Byron may refer to: Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606–1679), English Royalist during the English Civil War Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron (1899–1989), British peer and British Army officer
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 Vice-Admiral John "Foulweather Jack" Byron , second son of the fourth Baron and the younger brother of the fifth Baron.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of British poets. [6]
Although Byron's life was cut short at the age of only 36, almost 3000 letters of his are known. [8] There are three main reasons why that number is so large: one is simply the pleasure Byron took in composing them; another is the fact that Byron spent many years in self-imposed exile in Italy and Greece, which made it necessary for him to write to keep in touch with his friends in England ...
Within minutes of hearing that Byron was dead Hobhouse began to plan the destruction of the manuscripts, motivated perhaps by a feeling that all memoirs were by definition slightly improper; by fear of being associated with such a libertine as Byron, now that he himself was a respectable MP; or by resentment that they had been entrusted to Moore, Hobhouse's rival in Byron's friendship.
Frances Byron (1711–1724) Frances Wilhelmina died on 31 March 1712. [1] He married thirdly Frances Berkeley, daughter of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and Frances Temple, in 1720. They had six children: Isabella Byron (1721–1795), wife of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle; William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (1722–1798)