• When Byron's great-uncle, who was posthumously labelled the "wicked" Lord Byron, died on 21 May 1798, the 10-year-old became the sixth Baron Byron of...
  • Siyasi ve ailevî sebeplerle, 1816'da, İngiltere'yi bir daha dönmemek üzere, terk eden Lord Byron, önce İsviçre'ye gitmiş ve orada Percy Bysshe Shelley ile tanışmıştır.
  • On yaşına geldiğinde George Gordon’a büyük amcası “zalim” Lord Byron’ın unvanı ve serveti miras kaldı. Annesi onu büyük bir gururla İngiltere’ye götürdü.
  • Lord Byron (1788-1824) - Byron (of Rochdale), George (Gordon), 6th Baron. The most notorious Romantic poet and satirist.
  • Aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence from Turkish rule, Lord Byron took command of a brigade of Souliot soldiers in early 1824.
  • This gave Lord Byron the opportunity to inherit the ancestral home, Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. He became the 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale.
  • Lord Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and is best known for his amorous lifestyle and his brilliant use of the English language.
  • Lord Byron published his early poems ‘Fugitive Pieces’ in 1806 with the help of a private publisher and also befriended John Cam Hobhouse.
  • Family Background: Lord Byron was the son of Captain John “Mad Jack” Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress.