Title 4th Baron Byron Died August 8, 1736 Great-grandparents John Byron (died 1623) | Name William 4th Grandchildren John "Mad Jack" Byron | |
Spouse(s) Lady Mary EgertonLady Frances Wilhelmina BentinckHon. Frances Berkeley Parents William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron Children John Byron, William Byron, 5th Baron Byron Grandparents Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron | ||
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (4 January 1669/70 – 8 August 1736) was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark.
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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 (born 1722).
Family
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):
He married the Hon. Frances Berkeley, daughter of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton and Frances Temple, in 1720. They had five children: