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The Greeks mourned Lord Byron deeply, and he became a hero. [105] [106] The national poet of Greece, Dionysios Solomos, wrote a poem about the unexpected loss, named To the Death of Lord Byron. [107] Βύρων, the Greek form of "Byron", continues in popularity as a masculine name in Greece, and a suburb of Athens is called Vyronas in his honour.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale, better known as the poet Lord Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in Holles Street, London, England, and from 2 years old raised by his mother in Aberdeen, Scotland before moving back to England aged 10. His life was complicated by his father, who died deep in debt when he was a child.
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.
21 May – George Gordon Byron became 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale on death of great-uncle. August – With his mother took up residence at ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, near Nottingham. 1799. Lived with Parkyns family, Nottingham. Tutored by "Dummer" Rogers. July – Removed to London by John Hanson, Byron’s lawyer & business agent.
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 ...
Page two of a letter dated October 29 1823 describing Lord Byron’s memoirs (Trinity College/PA) Cambridge scholar Dr Corin Throsby said the discovery of the letter was “truly exciting”.
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 duel, and then because of his financial difficulties, he became known after his death as "the Wicked ...
Geoffrey Bond, 85, lives in the same home Lord Byron shared with his mother before he rose to fame.