Early life of Lord Byron 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 Gordon,
Lord Byron in popular culture and sexual awakening. Stephanie Barron's series of "Jane Austen Mysteries" has Lord Byron a suspect of murder in the 2010 book, "Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron." Byron is one of the main characters in David Liss's 2011 novel "The Twelfth Enchantment." Byron is a character in T. Zachary Cotler's literary novel "Ghost at the Loom" (2014). Byron is a character in Óscar Esquivias's short story "Leche" ("Milk", 2016). In the comic book series The Wicked + The Divine, Byron appears as a reincarnation of the God Lucifer in a special issue set in the 1830s. "The Bad Lord