William Henry Byron, 5th Baron

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William Byron, 5th Baron Byron of Rochdale was born on 5 November 1722.1 He was the son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron of Rochdale and Hon. Frances Berkeley.2 He married Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Charles Shaw and Frances Lyford, on 28 March 1747, with £70,000.2,3 He died on 19 May 1798 at age 75, without surviving issue.1 He was buried on 10 June 1798 at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, EnglandG.3,4

    He succeeded as the 5th Baron Byron of Rochdale, co. Lancaster [E., 1643] on 8 August 1736.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.3 He held the office of Master of Royal Stag Hounds between 1763 and 1765.3 On 26 January 1765 he killed his cousin William Chaworth, either in a duel or during a less formal fight in a room the two men had occupied alone for a time following a dinner among a club of gentlemen of the county at which a quarrel had flared up.1 From 16 April 1765 to 17 April 1765 he was tried by his peers, found guilty of manslaughter (119 to 4) but was merely fined and formally discharged under the Statute of Privilege.1 Children of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron of Rochdale and Elizabeth Shaw Hon. Henrietta Diana Byron2 d. b 1798 Hon. Caroline Byron2 d. b 1798 William Byron4 b. 7 Jun 1748, d. c May 1749 Hon. William Byron+2 b. 27 Oct 1749, d. 22 Jun 1776 Citations [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 630. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37] [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 456. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 129. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.