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BYRON, HON. FREDERICK, third son of George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, Admiral Royal Navy, and a Lord in Waiting to Queen Victoria, and Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Sacheverell Chandos-Pole (formerly Pole), Radburne Hall, Derbs.; b. 3 Feb 1822; adm. 27 Mar 1835 (Benthall's); left Apr 1840; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; BA 1843; MA 1847; Fellow of All Souls Coll., 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Aug 1843, called to bar 5 May 1848; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; DL Essex; m. 19 Aug 1851 Mary Jane, second dau. of Rev. William Wescomb, Thrumpton Hall, Notts., Rector of Langford, Essex; d. 4 Apr 1861.

BYRON, HON. GEORGE, brother of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv); b. 22 Apr 1730; adm. Sep 1739 (Majendie's); left 1746; Ensign, 19th Foot, 27 Nov 1746; Cornet, Duke of Cumberland’s Dragoons, 21 Sep 1747; Lieut., 14th Foot, 22 May 1749; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 18 Jun 1753; retd. on half-pay in Jordan’s 8th Marines, 30 Dec 1755; m. 26 Oct 1754 Frances, dau. of Elton Levett, Nottingham, surgeon; d. 6 May 1789.

BYRON, HON. JOHN, brother of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv); b. 8 Nov 1723; adm. Feb 1731/2; left 1737; entered Royal Navy; Midshipman, HMS Wager 1740; his ship was wrecked off the south coast of Chile 14 May 1741, and after undergoing many hardships he and other survivors of the crew returned to England in Feb 1745/6; Lieut., 22 Mar 1745/6; Cdr., 1746; Post Capt., 30 Dec 1746; commanded HMS America in unsuccessful expedition against Rochfort, 1757; commanded HMS Dolphin in voyage round the world 2 Jul 1764 - 9 May 1766; Governor of Newfoundland, Jun 1769- Mar 1772; Rear-Adm., 31 Mar 1775; Vice-Adm., 29 Jan 1778; commanded West Indies fleet 1778-9, and was worsted by D’Estaing off Grenada; known as “Hardy Byron” or “Foul-weather Jack”; author of an account of his Voyage Round the World, 1767, and a Narrative of his shipwreck in HMS Wager, 1768; m. Aug 1748 Sophia, dau. of John Trevanion MP, Caerhayes, Cornwall; d. 10 Apr 1786. DNB.

BYRON, JOHN, elder son of Hon. John Byron (qv); b. 7 Feb 1756; at school under Smith (Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, 1898, i, 3); Ensign, 68th Foot, 27 Mar 1772; 2nd Foot Guards, 26 Jul 1773; Lieut. and Capt., 1 May 1777; Adjutant, 30 Jul 1778 - 20 Jun 1779; retd. 14 Sep 1780; served in American War; known as “mad Jack”, squandered his property and eventually fled from his creditors to France; father by his second marriage of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the poet; m. 1st, 9 Jun 1779 Lady Amelia D’Arcy, Baroness Conyers, divorced wife of Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen (afterwards 5th Duke of Leeds) (qv), and dau. of Robert D’Arcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (qv); m. 2nd, 13 May 1785 Caroline, dau. of George Gordon, Gight, co. Aberdeen; d. at Valenciennes, France, 2 Aug 1791.

BYRON, HON. RICHARD, brother of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv); b. 28 Oct 1724; adm. Jun 1732; left 1735; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1743, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1743 - 10 Oct 1759, expiry year of grace as R. Eglingham; BA 1747; MA 1750; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1751, priest 17 Jun 1755 (both Oxford); Rector of Eglingham, Northumberland (year of grace from 10 Oct 1758); Rector of Ryton, co. Durham, 4 Nov 1769 (dispensation to hold with Winston, 1774); Rector of Winston, co. Durham, 1774-95; Rector of Haughton le Skerne, co. Durham, from Apr 1795; m. 14 Jan 1768 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Richard Farmer; d. 5 Nov 1811.

BYRON, WILLIAM, 5TH BARON BYRON, fourth son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron, and his third wife Hon. Frances Berkeley, second dau. of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, President of the Board of Trade; b. 5 Nov 1722; adm. Feb 1731/2; succ. father as 5th Baron Byron 8 Aug 1736; Lieut., Royal Navy 27 Mar 1741, res. c. 1743; Grand Master, Order of Freemasons, 1747-52; Master of the Staghounds 5 Dec 1763- Aug 1765; quarrelled with his cousin William Chaworth (qv) at a club dinner at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall, and mortally wounded him in a duel, 26 Jan 1765; found guilty of manslaughter by the House of Lords, 16 Apr 1765, but was exempted from punishment by his privilege as a peer (Howell, State Trials, xix, 1177-1236); known as “the wicked Lord Byron”; m. 28 Mar 1747 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Shaw, Besthorpe Hall, Norfolk; d. 19 May 1798.

BYTHESEA, GEORGE, only son of William Bythesea, Chapmanslade, Wilts., and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Cobb, Rector of Upper Hardres, Kent; b. 1764; adm. 26 Jan 1780; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1782, Ludwell exhibitioner 1783; BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained priest (Canterbury) 1791; Rector of Ightham, Kent, from 1791; JP Kent; m. 18 May 1797 Anne, sister of Thomas Read Kemp (qv); d. 14 Dec 1800.

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