Early life of Lord Byron article) Early life of Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale, better known as the poet Lord Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in Holles Street, London, England, and raised by his mother in Aberdeen, Scotland. His life was complicated by his father, who died deep in debt when he was a child. He was able to work his way through school, and his life advanced after he inherited both his great-uncle's title in 1798 and the Newstead Abbey estate. Byron was the son of Captain John "Mad Jack" Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine
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.