William Byron, 5th Baron Byron William Byron, 5th Baron Byron William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (5 November 1722 – 19 May 1798), was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron who succeeded him . As a result of a number of stories that arose after a duel, and then because of his financial difficulties, he became known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron". Byron was the son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and his wife Hon. Frances Berkeley, a descendant of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. He inherited his title
Lord Byron in popular culture a character refers to Lord Byron’s promiscuity: ‘I think, beneath that English exterior throbs a passion that would make Lord Byron look like a tobacconist.’ Byron appears as an immortal, still living in modern times, in the television show "" in the fifth-season episode "The Modern Prometheus", living as a decadent rock star. Television portrayals include a 2003 BBC drama on Byron's life, an appearance in the 2006 BBC drama, "", and minor appearances in "" (as well as the Shelleys), "Blackadder the Third", episode 60 (Darkling) of "", and was also parodied in the animated sketch series, Monkey Dust.