The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS | |
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Portrait of Lord Byron by Richard Westall | |
Born | George Gordon Byron (1788-01-22)22 January 1788 London, England |
Died | 19 April 1824(1824-04-19) (aged 36) Missolonghi, Aetolia, Ottoman Empire (present-day Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece) |
Resting place | Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. |
Occupation | Poet, Politician |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works |
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Spouse |
Anne Isabella Milbanke
(m. 1815; div. 1816) |
Partner | Claire Clairmont |
Children | Ada, Countess of Lovelace Allegra Byron |
Signature | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 21 May 1798 – 19 April 1824 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | William Byron |
Succeeded by | George Byron |