Robert Byron, 13th Baron Byron
Hereditary peerage | |
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Preceded by | Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 April 1950 |
Spouse | Robyn Margaret McLean |
Children | Hon. Caroline Anne Victoria Byron Hon. Emily Clare Byron Hon. Sophie Georgina Byron Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron |
Parent(s) | Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron Dorigen Margaret Esdaile |
Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (born 5 April 1950), is a British nobleman, peer, politician, and barrister. He is a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.
Early life and education
Byron is the son of Lt. Col. Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron, and Dorigen Margaret Esdaile. He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He married Robyn Margaret McLean in 1979. She became Lady Byron when her husband inherited the barony on 15 June 1989. The couple have four children:
- The Hon. Caroline Anne Victoria Byron (1981)
- The Hon. Emily Clare Byron (1984)
- The Hon. Sophie Georgina Byron (1986)
- The Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron (28 July 1990); heir apparent.[1]
Professional life
Byron was admitted to the
House of Lords
Upon inheriting his title, Byron became entitled to sit in the
Arms
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Personal life
Byron is resident in the New Forest, Hampshire. In 2021 he published a novel, Echoes of a Life.[3]
References
- ^ Robert Byron, 13th Baron Byron, at thepeerage.com, Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA, accessed 9 May 2008
- ^ Hansard 1803–2005: Robert Byron
- ^ "New Forest baron pens first novel by a Lord Byron in 200 years". Advertiser and Times. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.