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George Byron, 8th Baron Byron

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The Lord Byron
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1 March 1868 – 28 November 1870
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Byron
Succeeded byThe 9th Baron Byron
Personal details
Born(1818-06-30)30 June 1818
Died28 November 1870(1870-11-28) (aged 52)
SpouseLucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb
Parent(s)George Byron, 7th Baron Byron
Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole

Captain George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron (30 June 1818 – 28 November 1870) was a British nobleman, army officer, peer, politician, and the eighth Baron Byron, as the son of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, who was the cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.

Early life

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Byron was the son of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole.

Career

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He gained the rank of captain in the 19th Foot in 1842. He succeeded to the title of 8th Baron Byron in 1868 upon the death of his father.

Personal life

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In 1843, Lord Byron was married to Lucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb, a daughter of the Rev. William Wescomb and Jane Douglas (a granddaughter of Archibald Douglas, MP). Lucy's sister, Mary Jane Wescomb, married his younger brother, Hon. Frederick Byron. Another sister, Catherine Sarah Wilhelimna Wescomb, married Lord Frederick FitzRoy (youngest son of the 5th Duke of Grafton).

Lord Byron died on 28 November 1870. As he had no children, he was succeeded by his nephew, George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (born 1855).[1]

Arms

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Coat of arms of George Byron, 8th Baron Byron
Coronet
A Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Mermaid proper
Escutcheon
Argent three Bendlets enhanced Gules
Supporters
On either side a Horse of a brown bay colour unguled Or
Motto
Crede Byron (Trust Byron)

References

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  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 630.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Byron
1868–1870
Succeeded by