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John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
1652Aug, 23

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron KB (1599 – 23 August 1652) was an English nobleman, Royalist, politician, peer, knight, and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.

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