Quick Facts The Right HonourableThe Lord ByronFRS, Born ...
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Portrait of Lord Byron by Richard Westall
BornGeorge Gordon Byron
(1788-01-22)22 January 1788
London, England
Died19 April 1824(1824-04-19) (aged 36)
Missolonghi, Aetolia, Ottoman Empire (present-day Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece)
Resting placeChurch of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
OccupationPoet, Politician
NationalityEnglish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Literary movementRomanticism
Notable works
Spouse
(m. 1815; div. 1816)
PartnerClaire Clairmont
ChildrenAda, Countess of Lovelace
Allegra Byron
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Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 May 1798  19 April 1824
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byWilliam Byron
Succeeded byGeorge Byron
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