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 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 George Gordon Byron, the sixth holder of the title, who inherited it from his great-uncle; the seventh baron was his first cousin. The thirteenth baron belongs to another new line; he descends from another great-uncle of the poet.

Barons Byron (1643)

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