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456 BYRON WATER, by his 2nd wife, Jane, da. of Charles (Powlett), Duke of Bolton. She, who was b. 14, and bap. 15 May 1676, at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, d. s.p., of small pox, 1 1 Apr. 1 703 (six weeks after marriage), and was bur. at Hucknall. Admon. 20 Apr. 1703. He m., 2ndly, 19 Dec. 1706, Frances Williamina, 3rd da of William (Bentinck), ist Earl of Portland, by his 1st wife, Anne, da. of Sir Edward Villiers. She ^.31 Mar. 1712, at Ken- sington, and was bur. at Hucknall. Admon. 28 Apr. 1712. He m., 3rdly, 3 Dec. 1720, at Kensington, Frances,(^) da. of William (Berkeley), 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, by Frances, da. of Sir John Temple. He d. 8 Aug. 1736, at Newstead Abbey, and was bur. at Hucknall, aged 67. Will dat. 17 Apr. to 4 Dec. 1725, pr. 19 Oct. 1736. His widow »?., 31 July 1740, as 2nd wife. Sir Thomas Hay, Bart. [S.] (who d. 26 Nov. 1769), and was bur. 21 Sep. 1757, at Twickenham, Midx. Will dat. 3 May 1748, pr. 2 Nov. 1757. V. 1736. 5. William (Byron), Baron Byron OF Rochdale, 4th, but 1st surv. s. and h., being ist s. by 3rd wife, b. 5 Nov. 1722. Lieut. R.N. May 1738; Grand Master of Freemasons [E.], 1747-52; Master of the Royal Stag hounds, 1 763-65. (*>) Having killed, in a duel, (not without strong suspicion of foul play) 26 Jan. 1 765, his relative, William Chaworth, of Annesley, Notts, he was found guilty of "manslaughter" by his Peers (i 19 to 4) in Apr. following,() but was discharged under the statute of Privilege as a Peer.() He m., 2 8 Mar. 1 747, Elizabeth, (with jC-jofiOo) (*) da. of Charles Shaw, of Besthorpe Hall, Norfolk. She d. 5 July 1788, in Somerset Str. He d. s.p.s., 19 May 1 798, and was bur. at Hucknall, aged 75. VI. 1798. 6. George Gordon (Byron, afterwards Noel), Baron Byron of Rochdale, great nephew and h., being only s. and h. of John Byron, Capt. in the Army (by his 2nd wife, Catherine,^) da. of George Gordon, of Gight, co. Aberdeen), which John (who d. 2 Aug. (^) " I am going to dispose of one of my daughters to Lord Byron, a dispropor- tionable match as to their ages, but marriages not offering every day." (Letter of Lord Berkeley of Stratton, I Nov. 1720). V.G. () He took no part in politics, but his tenure of a Court office was under the Grenville administration and closed with it. V.G. («^) See State Trials, vol. xix, p. 11 77. "The prisoner behaved with great de- corum, and seemed thoroughly shocked and mortified. Indeed, the bitterness of the worldagainst him has been great." (Horace Walpole to Lord Hertford, 1 8 Apr. 1765). {^) He encumbered his estate, sold the property at Rochdale, co. Lancaster, together with the family pictures, and completely dismantled the mansion at Newstead, and was known as "the wicked Lord." (<=) By her he had two sons, William, h. in 1748, d. 1749, and William, b. 1749, d. 22 June 1776, aged 26, who had an only s., William, who d. unm., being killed at the siege of Calvi, in Corsica, in 1794. V.G. (') She, from whom her son is said to have inherited much of his talent, was m., 13 May 1785, at St. Michael's, Bath, and d. i Aug. 181 1, aged 46, at Newstead, and was bur. at Hucknall. Her fortune of ;r2 3,000 had been utterly squandered by her husband.