Lord Byron (umpire) Lord Byron (umpire) William Jeremiah "Lord" Byron (September 18, 1872 - December 27, 1955) was a Major League Baseball umpire. Byron began umpiring in the Michigan State League in . He would then work in the South Atlantic League from to . From to , Byron umpired games for the Virginia League, Eastern League, Southern League, and the International League. Byron made his major league umpiring debut on April 10, for the National League. He would work in the NL from until , umpiring 1,012 games and the 1914 World Series with Bill Dinneen, Bill Klem, and George Hildebrand. He
Byron, Georgia in Atlanta. On September 15, 2012, an official Georgia Historical Society marker was placed near the raceway site to commemorate the festival. The community was named after Lord Byron, the British Romantic poet. A former variant name was "Jackson", but the name was changed in order to avoid repetition with the Jackson in Butts County. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Byron" in 1874. Byron is located in the northeast corner of Peach County at (32.648908, -83.755640), near the geographic center of Georgia. Interstate 75 passes through the eastern side of the city, with access