BYRON, William (1670-1736) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 4 Jan. 1670, 4th but 1st surv. s. William Byron, 3rd Bar. Byron, and 1st w. Elizabeth (or Penelope) Chaworth. educ. Cambs. DCL 1705. London Gazette, 19 Apr. 1705. m. (1) Feb. 1703 (with £11,000), UNL, PI E12/3/1/13/1-2. Mary (d. 11 Apr. 1703), da. of John Egerton* [434], 3rd earl of Bridgwater, s.p; (2) 19 Dec. 1706 (with £10,000), Ibid. PI E12/3/1/17/1-2. Frances Wilhelmina (d. 31 Mar. 1712), da. of Willem Bentinck, earl of Portland, 3s. (d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p); V. W. Walker, House of Byron, p. 117. (3) 3 Dec. 1720 (with £6,000), UNL, PI E12/3/1/18. Frances (d.1757), da. William Berkeley, 4th Bar. Berkeley of Stratton, 5s. 1da. London Evening Post, 10 Aug. 1736. d. 8 Aug. 1736; will 17 Apr. 1725 – 4 Dec. 1735, pr. 19 Oct. 1736. UNL, PI E12/3/1/19; PROB 11/679.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Notts. 1702–? CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 395.; ld. warden Sherwood Forest 1711–?14. Add. 70214, Byron to Oxford, 29 May 1714.

Gent. of the bedchamber to Prince George, of Denmark, duke of Cumberland 1702–08. Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 274; London Gazette, 25 Apr. 1706.

Parlimentarian

BYRON, William (1670-1736)

Associated with: Newstead Abbey, Notts. and Pall Mall, Westminster.Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;

BIRON

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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