William Byron, 5th Baron Byron in Corsica. The barony was then left to his great nephew, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, who became the 6th Baron Byron when Lord Byron died on 21 May 1798, at the age of seventy-five. Upon his death, it is said that the great number of crickets he kept at Newstead left the estate in swarms. Lord Byron is buried in the Byron vault at Hucknall Torkard in Nottinghamshire. 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
Lord Ruthven (vampire) "The Vampire: A Phantasm", and played the title role during its long run. Alexandre Dumas, père also used the character in an 1852 play. A Lord Ruthven also exists in Tom Holland's novel, "Lord of the Dead". Lord Ruthven is actually Lord Byron. A Lord Ruthven also appeared in the Swedish novel "Vampyren" (1848), the first published work by author and poet Viktor Rydberg; as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that he is inspired by him in name only. This Ruthven is not a supernatural being, but a lunatic believing himself to be a vampire. In "The Count of