George Byron, 8th Baron Byron

For other people named George Byron, see George Byron (disambiguation).

For other people titled Lord Byron, see Baron Byron.

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.

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

Life

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

Lord Byron died on 28 November 1870, and was succeeded by his nephew, George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (born 1855).

Family

Lord Byron married Lucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb, daughter of Reverend William Wescomb and Jane Douglas, in 1843. They had no children.

Arms

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)