John Byron

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John Byron

British officer

Also known as: Mad Jack Byron

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Lord Byron
Early life, family, and sexuality
…the handsome and profligate Captain John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scots heiress. After her husband had squandered most of her fortune, Catherine Byron took her infant son to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived in lodgings on a meager income; the captain died in France…
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…the handsome and profligate Captain John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scots heiress. After her husband had squandered most of her fortune, Catherine Byron took her infant son to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived in lodgings on a meager income; the captain died in France…
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