Baron Byron of Rochdale
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Baron Byron of Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the peerage of England. It was created in 1643, by letters patent, for John Byron, a Cavalier general (and former Member of Parliament), one of seven brothers. Its remainder went to his heirs male; then to his six brothers and their heirs male; the second baron is his next eldest brother.
The most famous Lord Byron was the poet George Gordon Byron, the sixth holder of the title, who inherited it from his great-uncle; the seventh baron was his first cousin. The thirteenth baron belongs to another new line; he descends from another great-uncle of the poet.
Barons Byron (1643)
- John Byron, 1st Baron Byron (1599-1652) An English Civil War Royalist general
- Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606-1679)
- William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron (1636-1695)
- William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1669-1736)
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (1722-1798)
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), romantic poet commonly referred to as Lord Byron
- George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron (1789-1868)
- George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron (1818-1870)
- George Frederick William Byron, 9th Baron Byron (1855-1917)
- Frederick Ernest Charles Byron, 10th Baron Byron (1861-1949)
- Rupert Frederick George Byron, 11th Baron Byron (1903-1983)
- Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron (1899-1989)
- Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (b. 1950)
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