William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron

William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636 – 13 November 1695) was an English nobleman, peer, politician, and unskilled poet.

William Byron, Lord Byron
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 4 October 1679 – 13 November 1695 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron
Succeeded by	William Byron, 4th Baron Byron
Personal details
Born	1636
Died	13 November 1695 (aged 59)
Spouse(s)	Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth
Mother	Elizabeth Rossell
Father	Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron

Life

Byron was the son of Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron and Elizabeth Rossell. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Byron in 1679 upon the death of his father.

Lord Byron died on 13 November 1695, and was succeeded by his fifth (but only surviving) son William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (born 1669/70).

Family

Lord Byron married the Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth, daughter of John Chaworth, 2nd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh and Hon. Elizabeth Noel, in 1660. They had five sons, but the first four died in infancy:

• Hon. William Byron (born before 1670)
• Hon. Richard Byron (born before 1670)
• Hon. John Byron (born before 1670)
• Hon. Ernestus Byron (born before 1670)
• William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1669/70–1736)

Lord Byron married Elizabeth Stonhouse, daughter of Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Bt. and Margaret Lovelace, on 25 June 1685.

A daughter (from which of the two marriages is unclear), Hon. Catherine Byron, died in 1746.

References

• William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron, at thepeerage.com (accessed 26 November 2009)