William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron

William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron was an English nobleman, peer, politician, and a poet.

Life

Byron was the son of Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron and Elizabeth Rossell. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Byron in 1679 upon the death of his father.
Lord Byron died on 13 November 1695, and was succeeded by his fifth son William Byron, 4th Baron Byron.

Family

Lord Byron married the Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth, daughter of John Chaworth, 2nd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh and Hon. Elizabeth Noel, in 1660. They had five sons, but the first four died in infancy:

Hon. William Byron
Hon. Richard Byron
Hon. John Byron
Hon. Ernestus Byron
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron

Lord Byron married Elizabeth Stonhouse, daughter of Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Bt. and Margaret Lovelace, on 25 June 1685.
A daughter, Hon. Catherine Byron, died in 1746. She married Arthur Cole, 1st Baron Ranelagh; they had no children.