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 Dan Chapman's 2010 vampire novella "The Postmodern Malady of Dr. Peter Hudson" begins at the time of Lord Byron's death and uses biographical information about him in the construction of its title character. It also directly quotes some of his work. John Crowley's book "" (2005) involves the rediscovery of a lost manuscript by Lord Byron, as do Frederic Prokosch's "The Missolonghi Manuscript" (1968), "The Secret Memoir of Lord Byron " by Christopher Nicole (1979) and Robert Nye's "Memoirs of Lord Byron" (1989). "The Black Drama" by Manly Wade Wellman, originally published in "Weird Tales", involves the rediscovery and production