Baron Byron
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Baron Byron, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1643, by letters patent, for Sir John Byron, a Cavalier general (and former Member of Parliament), one of seven brothers. Its remainder went to his heirs male; then to his six brothers and their heirs male; the second baron is his next eldest brother.
The most famous Lord Byron was the poet 6th Baron, who inherited the Barony from his great-uncle; the 7th Baron was his first cousin. The 13th Baron belongs to another new line; he descends from another great-uncle of the poet.
[edit] Barons Byron (1643)
- John Byron, 1st Baron Byron (1599-1652)
- Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606-1679)
- William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636-1695)
- William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1669-1736)
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (1722-1798)
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)
- 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)
Heir Apparent: The Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron (b. 1990)
