William Byron, 4th Baron Byron

William Byron, Lord Byron
William Byron, Lord Byron
	View of a Park with Deer, William Byron, 4th Baron Byron, Yale Center for British Art.
Born	4 January 1669/70
Died	8 August 1736 (age 66)
Title	4th Baron Byron
Spouse(s)	Lady Mary Egerton; Lady Frances Wilhelmina Bentinck; Hon. Frances Berkeley
Children	Hon. George Byron; Hon. William Byron; Hon. William Henry Byron; Hon. Isabella Byron, Countess of Carlisle; William Byron, 5th Baron Byron; Hon. John Byron; Hon. Rev. Richard Byron; Hon. George Byron
Parent(s)	William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron; Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth

William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (4 January 1669/70 – 8 August 1736) was an English nobleman, politician, peer, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark.

Life

Byron was the son of William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron and the Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Byron in 1695 upon the death of his father.

Lord Byron died on 8 August 1736, and was succeeded by his fourth (but oldest surviving) son William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (born 1722).

Family

Frances, Lady Byron, by William Hogarth (1736)

Lord Byron married Lady Mary Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater and Lady Jane Powlett, in 1702/3, but they had no children.

He married Lady Frances Wilhelmina Bentinck, daughter of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers, in 1706. They had three sons who died in childhood or infancy, and a daughter who died unmarried (and is here unnamed):

The Hon. George Byron (1707–1719)
The Hon. William Byron (1709–1709)
The Hon. William Henry Byron (1710–1710)

Frances Wilhelmina died on the 31st March, 1712 ^[1]. He married thirdly the Hon. Frances Berkeley, daughter of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton and Frances Temple, in 1720. They had five children:

The Hon. Isabella Byron (1721–22 January 1795), wife of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (1722–1798)
Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byron (1723–1786)
Rev. Hon. Richard Byron (1724–1811)
The Hon. George Byron (1730–?)

Frances remarried Sir Thomas Hay, Bart., of Alderston^[2] and was buried on the 21st September, 1757 in Twickenham, Middlesex ^[3].

Arms

Coat of arms of William Byron, 4th 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)

Citations

↑ Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart. (1899). Sir George J. Armytage, Bart., F.S.A., ed. Obituary prior to 1800: (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland) Vol. I. The Harleian Society. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
↑ Sir Bernard Burke, LL.D. (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, 59, Pall Mall. p. 47. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
↑ Rev. R. S. Cobbett, M.A. (1872). Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

References

William Byron, 4th Baron Byron, at thepeerage.com (accessed 26 November 2009)

Peerage of England
Preceded by William Byron	Baron Byron 1695–1736	Succeeded by William Byron

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[1] Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart. (1899). Sir George J. Armytage, Bart., F.S.A., ed. Obituary prior to 1800: (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland) Vol. I. The Harleian Society. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[2] Sir Bernard Burke, LL.D. (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, 59, Pall Mall. p. 47. Retrieved 2018-06-13.

[3] Rev. R. S. Cobbett, M.A. (1872). Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 12 June 2018.