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 100 BYItOX. flight, co. Aberdeen), which John, was s. ami h. of the well-known Admiral, the Hon. John Byron, next br. to the last Lord. He was b. 22 Jany. 17SS in Holies Street, Maryleboue, sue. his Father 2 Aug. 1791 ; was ed. at the Free School, Aberdeen ; at Harrow (1S01) and at Trim Coll., Cambridge (I let. 1S05) ; M.A., 1 July 1808. The life and career of this most distinguished poet belongs to biogmphy.( R ) His principal works appeared in the following order, viz, : " Honrs of Idleness," 1807 ; " English Hards and Scottish Reviewers," 1S09 ; " Childe Harold," 1812 ; " Bride of Abydns," Sec, &c, ending with "Don Juan." He m. 2 Jany. 1815 at Seaham, Anne Isabella, only da. and h. of Sir Ralph Miliianke (afterwards Noel), Bart., by Judith, da. of Edward (Noel), Viscount Wentwokth. From her, however, in a year's time, he, by mutual consent, was separated, from which time he lived entirely on the continent. In Nov. 1817 thro' his ever recurring pecuniary difficulties, he sold the ancestral estate of Newstead.( h ) By the death of his wife's mother. Dame Judith Noel, he and his wife inherited a fortune of about .£S0OO a year (which was partitioned equally between them), and by Royal lie., 27 Feb. 1822, he took the name of AW only. Having en- thusiastically espoused the cause of Greece Against Turkey, he </. from the effects of over exertion and fever, at Missolonghi 1 9 April 1 824, s.p m.. in his 3 (5th year. He was bur. at Huckuall. Will dat. 29 July 1815 (tie) in which (with the full approbation of his wife who was well provided for) he leaves all to his sister Augusta Leigh (who d. 18 Oct. 1S51, aged 07) and her children. His widow, who was b. 17 -May 1792, became, on 12 Nov. 1S50 (when the abeyance of the Barony terminated by the death of Lord Searsdale) mo jure Baroness" Wentwohth. She d. 10 May 1SG0( C ) at St. George's Terrace, Regent's Park, Midx., in her 68th year. VII. 1824. 7. George Anson (Btkon), Baron Byron of Roch- dale, first cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of George Anson Byron, Capt. R.N. (by Henrietta Charlotte, da. of Robert Dallas, of Dallas Castle, Jamaica), who was next br. to Capt. John Byron, tile Father of the last Lord. He was 6. S March 17S9 at Bath ; entered the Navy 1800 : Admiral, reserved list, 1S02 ; one of the Lords in Waiting till 1800, when he was made an extra Lord. He m. 18 March 1816, Elizabeth Mary, da. of Sacheverell Chandos-Fole, of Radborne Hall, co. Derby, by Mary, da. of Rev. Henry WARE, D.D., Rector of Balrothery. He d. 1 March 1868. His widow d. 20 Aug. 1873 in her SOth year, at the Rectory, Kirkby Mallory, co. Leicester. VIII. 18G8. 8. George Anson (Byron), Baron Byron of Roch- dale, s. and h., b. 30 June 1818 at Cheltenham. Capt. 19th Foot, 1S42-43. He m. 3 Aug. 1S43, at St. Geo. Han. s.p, Lucy Elizabeth Jane, 1st da. and coheir of Rev. William Wescomb, of Thrumpton Hall, Notts, Rector of Langford, Essex. He d. s.p. and intestate 28 Nov. 1870, after many years ill-health, at Thrumpton Hall. His widow m. 18 Jany. 1878 Rev. Philip Henry Douglas, M.A (Durham, 1S03) Vicar of Thrumpton afsd, 1S73. IX. 1870. 9. George Fbederigk "William (Byron), Baron Byron of Rochdale, nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Frederick Byron, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, by Mary Jane, 2d da. and coheir of the Rev. William Wesco.mii abovenamed. He was b. 27 Dec. 1S55 ; site, his Father 4 April 1801 ; was ed. at Harrow and at Ch. Ch. Oxford ; B.A., 1SS0. Family estate*. — None of the paternal inheritance seems to have devolved with the Peerage since 1824. The estates of the Wescomb family are at Thrumpton, Notts and Langford, Essex. In Bateman's " Great Landowners," 1883, the " Hon. Mrs. Byron, of Langford Grove, Essex," is credited with 2099 acres, " Notts," worth £3,364 a year. ( a ) See an able notice of his career in Stephen's "Diet, of Nat. Biography," by its learned Editor. ( b ) The Augustinian Priory of Newstead was acquired in 1540 by Sir John Byron, of Colwick, whose heir was his illegit. son John Byron, who, probably, converted it into a residence. The estate is about 3200 acres. As early as Sep. 1S12 a contract for its sale, at £140,000 had been made, but on payment of £25,000, was abandoned. The price obtained by Lord Byron from Col. Wildman in 1817 was £95,000, on whose his death it was again sold, in 1861, to Mr. W. F. Webb. ( c ) Augusta Ada Byron, their only child, b. 10 Dec. 1815, m. 8 July 1S35 William (Kino, afterwards Kino-Noel), 1st Earl ok Lovelace, and d. v.m., 27 Nov. 1852, leaving issue, who inherited, in her right, the Barony of Wentworth.