Background
He was the only son of George Anson Byron and Charlotte Henrietta Dallas, and grandson of the admiral and explorer The Honorary She was the daughter of Sacheverell Pole Esq., of Radbourne Hall, b. 16 June 1769.
He was the only son of George Anson Byron and Charlotte Henrietta Dallas, and grandson of the admiral and explorer The Honorary She was the daughter of Sacheverell Pole Esq., of Radbourne Hall, b. 16 June 1769.
As a career naval officer, he was notable for being his predecessor"s opposite in temperament and lifestyle. John Byron, who circumnavigated the world with George Anson in 1740-1744. During this man"s lifetime, he became of representative of the great Sir John Chandos, Knight of the Order of the Garter, and by Sign Manual, or Deed Pole assumed the additional surname of Chandos.
Elizabeth was descended from a well documented long line of the Pole family, including Cardinal Pole, who at the time of Henry VIII, was the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury.
Elizabeth"s mother, Mary, was the daughter of the Review Henry Ware, Doctor of Divinity, Rector of Balrothey.
The couple had eight children:
The Honorary Georgiana Byron (?–1893)
The Honorary
Mabel Charlotte Byron (?–1929)
The Honorary
Mary Anne Byron (c1817–1885)
George Anson Byron, 8th Baron Byron (1818–1870)
Francis Xavier Byron (1820–??)
The Honorary Frederick Byron (1822–1861)
The Review Honorary Augustus Byron (1828–1907)
The Review
Honorary
William Byron (1831–1907)
In 1824 Byron was chosen to accompany homewards the bodies of Hawaiian monarchs Liholiho (known as King Kamehameha II) and Queen Kamāmalu, who had died of measles during a state visit to England. He sailed on the HMS Blonde in September 1824, accompanied by several naturalists and, amongst his lieutenants, Edward Belcher. He toured the islands and recorded his observations.
With the consent of Christian missionaries to the islands, he also removed wooden carvings and other artifacts of the chiefs of ancient Hawaii from the temple ruins of Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau.
On his return journey in 1825, Lord Byron discovered and charted Malden Island, which he named after his surveying officer, Mauke, and Starbuck Island. Malden may have been the island sighted by another whaling captain William Clark in 1823, aboard the Winslow.
Lord Byron became a Rear-Admiral in 1849 and became a Vice-Admiral in 1857. Lord Byron retired as Admiral in 1862.
1789-1814: Mr George A. Byron
1814-1824: Captain George A. Byron
1824-1849: Captain The Rt Honorary The Seventh Lord Byron
1849-1857: Rear-Admiral The Rt Honorary The Seventh Lord Byron
1857-1862: Vice Admiral The Rt Honorary The Seventh Lord Byron
1862-1868: Admiral The Rt Honorary The Seventh Lord Byron.