George Byron, 9th Baron Byron uncle, Captain George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, in 1880 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA). In 1899 he was declared bankrupt. He held rank of Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Lord Byron died on 30 March 1917, and was succeeded by his younger brother, the Reverend Frederick Ernest Charles Byron, 10th Baron Byron (born 1861). Lord Byron married Fanny Lucy Radmall in 1901; they had no children. George Byron, 9th Baron Byron Lieutenant George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (27 December 1855 – 30 March
Lord Byron of open water swimming took place on 3 May 1810 when Lord Byron swam from Europe to Asia across the Hellespont Strait. This is often seen as the birth of the sport and pastime, and to commemorate it, the event is recreated every year as an open water swimming event. Whilst sailing from Genoa to Cephalonia in 1823, every day at noon, Byron and Trelawny, in calm weather, jumped overboard for a swim without fear of sharks, which were not unknown in those waters. Once, according to Trelawny, they let the geese and ducks loose and followed them and the