William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great-uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron who succeeded him in the title. As a result of a number of stories that arose after a duel, and then because of his financial difficulties, he became known after his death as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron". William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1798)
5 November 1722
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