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Lord Byron
British Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, c. 1820.
George Gordon Byron inherited the title of baron in 1798 at the age of 10 following the death of his great-uncle, William, the 5th Baron Byron.12
Prior to this inheritance, Byron had been living in Scotland with his mother, Catherine Gordon, in modest circumstances after his father, Captain John Byron, had squandered her fortune. Upon becoming the 6th Baron Byron, he moved to England to take possession of the family estate, Newstead Abbey, which had been granted to his ancestors by King Henry VIII.12