George Byron, 8th Baron Byron

British nobleman, army officer, peer and politician

For other people named George Byron, see George Byron (disambiguation).

For other people titled Lord Byron, see Baron Byron.

Captain
The Right Honourable

The Lord Byron

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1 March 1868 – 28 November 1870
Hereditary peerage
Preceded by| The 7th Baron Byron
Succeeded by| The 9th Baron Byron
Personal details
Born| (1818-06-30)30 June 1818
Died| 28 November 1870(1870-11-28) (aged 52)
Spouse| Lucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb
Parent(s)| George Byron, 7th Baron Byron
Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole

Captain George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron (30 June 1818 – 28 November 1870) was a British nobleman, army officer, peer, politician, and the eighth Baron Byron, as the son of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, who was the cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.

## Life

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Byron was the son of Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole. He gained the rank of captain in the 19th Foot in 1842. He succeeded to the title of 8th Baron Byron in 1868 upon the death of his father.

Lord Byron died on 28 November 1870, and was succeeded by his nephew, George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (born 1855).

## Family

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Lord Byron married Lucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb, daughter of Reverend William Wescomb and Jane Douglas, in 1843. They had no children.

### Arms

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Coat of arms of George Byron, 8th Baron Byron  |

Coronet
A Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Mermaid proper
Escutcheon
Argent three Bendlets enhanced Gules
Supporters
On either side a Horse of a brown bay colour unguled Or
Motto
Crede Byron (Trust Byron)

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## References

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Peerage of England

Preceded by

George Anson Byron

|  Baron Byron
1868–1870  | Succeeded by

George Byron