Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron of 2nd Baron Byron in 1652 upon the death of his brother John Byron, 1st Baron Byron. Lord Byron died in 1679, and was succeeded by his son William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (born 1636). Lord Byron married Elizabeth Rossell, daughter of Gervase Rossell and Margaret Whalley. They had six children, including William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636–1695) and Hon. Catherine Byron, who married Sir William Stanhope He married Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet and Katharine Anderson, after 1651. No children resulted. Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606 – 4 October
Early life of Lord Byron heiress of Gight in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Byron family had a spotted history, with a history of inconstancy and debt, and the fifth Lord Byron gained reputations of being a whoremaster and a murderer. The poet's father, John Byron, was the first child of Vice-Admiral John "Foulweather Jack" Byron, the second son of the fourth Lord Byron. Like the rest of his family, his personal history was one of turmoil; he was one of nine children and was sent to a military school when it became clear that he was unfit for academia. He gambled profusely until his parents refused