Robert Byron, 13th Baron Byron

Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (born 5 April 1950), is a British peer and barrister.

Early life and education Byron is the son of Lt. Col. Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron, and Dorigen Margaret Esdaile. He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He married Robyn Margaret McLean in 1979. She became Lady Byron when her husband inherited the barony on 15 June 1989. The couple have four children: The Hon. Caroline Anne Victoria Byron (1981) The Hon. Emily Clare Byron (1984) The Hon. Sophie Georgina Byron (1986) The Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron (28 July 1990); heir apparent.

He is a collateral descendant of Lord Byron, through a cousin of Byron.

Professional life Byron was admitted to the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1974. He became a partner at Holman, Fenwick & Willan.

Arms

Personal life Byron is resident in the New Forest, Hampshire. In 2021 he published a novel, Echoes of a Life.