About John Byron
Lived 1555 – 1623 (aged 67–68). John Byron was an English politician.
Sir John Byron (c. 1562–1623) of Colwick and Newstead, Nottinghamshire, and Clayton, Lancashire, was a Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1597.
Byron was the son of Sir John Byron (died 1600) and his wife Alice Strelley. He married Margaret FitzWilliam, daughter of Sir William FitzWilliam of Gaynes Park. They had 5 sons and 5 daughters. Among his sons was another Sir John Byron, whose own sons, John and Richard became Barons Byron.
He was knighted by King James in April 1603 at Worksop Manor.
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Who was John Byron?
English politician, died 1623
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John Byron was born in 1555 in Newstead.
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John Byron died in 1623 in Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency).
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John Byron was a politician.
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John Byron was English.
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