Many people will be surprised, says the “Sketch,” to hear of the marriage jof Lord Byron to Mrs Broadhead. The bearer of one of the greatest names in the tipper House is still well on the sunny side of 50, for he will cele. brate his 46th birthday two days after next Christmas Day. Lord Byron is directly descended from the great poet’s first cousin and successor, the George Anson Byron who was in his day wellknown as a gallant sailor, and who succeeded the author of ‘‘D°u Juan” in 1824. The newly-married peer was educated at Harrow, whence he became a member of the House at Oxford. He succeeded his uncle, the eighth holder of the title, some 30 years ago, and he was till lately regarded as one of the most confirmed bachelors in the Upper House, a reputation shared by his brother and heir, the Rector of Langford. The Byron family mansion, that in which the great poet wrote some of his most famous verses, is now the town house of Lord Glenesk.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4407, 13 July 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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