Hon. Frederick Byron DL (3 February 1822 – 4 April 1861) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
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| Full name | Frederick Byron | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1822 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 1861 (aged 39) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1841 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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The son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron, he was born at Cheltenham in February 1822.[1] He was educated at Westminster School,[2] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, Byron made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1841.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs by James Cobbett in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler.[5] He became a fellow at All Souls College in 1843.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, he became a member of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1848.[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters in April 1850.[6] Byron was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Essex in September 1853.[7] He was promoted to captain in the Sherwood Foresters in March 1859.[8] Byron married Mary Jane Wescomb in 1851, with the couple having three children.[1] He died suddenly at Westminster in April 1861,[2] predeceasing his father. Byron's son George later became the 9th Baron Byron upon the death of Bryon's elder brother, George Byron, 8th Baron Byron.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hon. Frederick Byron". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b c The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 31. J, Murray. 1861. p. 118.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Byron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1841". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "No. 21085". The London Gazette. 12 April 1850. p. 1052.
- ^ "No. 21480". The London Gazette. 27 September 1853. p. 2627.
- ^ "No. 22239". The London Gazette. 15 March 1859. p. 1139.