William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron was born on November 5, 1722. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (5 November 1722 – 19 May 1798), was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great-uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron who succeeded him in the title. As a result of a number of stories that arose after a duel, and then because of his financial difficulties, he became known after his death as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron".