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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CABBELL, BENJAMIN BOND, fourth son of George Cabbell, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, apothecary, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bliss, and niece of Rev. Nathaniel Bliss FRS, Astronomer Royal; b.; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1852); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1800; migr. to Exeter Coll. 25 Feb 1801, resided to 1803; adm. Middle Temple 4 Apr 1803, called to bar 9 Feb 1816, Bencher 13 Jun 1850, Reader Lent 1853; FRS 19 Jan 1837; MP (Cons) St. Albans Aug 1846-7, Boston 1847-57; of Cromer Hall, Norfolk; DL JP Middlesex, JP Norfolk, High Sheriff 1854; Provincial Grand Master, Freemasons, Norfolk; a well-known patron of art; d. 9 Dec 1874, aged 93. DNB.