William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (4 January 1669/70 – 8 August 1736) was Gentleman of the Bedchamber

Gentleman of the Bedchamber

A Gentleman of the Bedchamber was the holder of an important office in the royal household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Description and functions:...

 to Prince George of Denmark.

Life

Byron was the son of William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron

William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron

William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron was an English peer and unskilled poet.-Life:Byron was the son of Sir Richard Byron and Elizabeth Rossell...

 and the Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Byron

Baron Byron

Baron Byron, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1643, by letters patent, for Sir John Byron, a Cavalier general and former Member of Parliament...

 in 1695 upon the death of his father.

Lord Byron died on 8 August 1736, and was succeeded by his fourth (but oldest surviving) son William Byron

William Byron, 5th Baron Byron

William Byron, 5th Baron Byron , also known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron", was the poet George Gordon Byron's great uncle. He was the son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and his wife Hon...

 (born 1722).

Family

Lord Byron married Lady Mary Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater was the eldest son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Elizabeth Cavendish. His maternal grandparents were William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his first wife Elizabeth Basset.He served as a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire as...

 and Lady Jane Powlett, in 1702/3, but they had no children.

He married Lady Frances Wilhelmina Bentinck, daughter of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, Baron Bentinck of Diepenheim and Schoonheten, KG, PC was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. He was steady, sensible, modest...

 and Anne Villiers, in 1706. They had three sons who died in childhood or infancy, and a daughter who died unmarried (and is here unnamed):

• The Hon. George Byron (1707–1719)
• The Hon. William Byron (1709–1709)
• The Hon. William Henry Byron (1710–1710)

He married the Hon. Frances Berkeley, daughter of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton PC, PC , was a British politician and judge. He was Master of the Rolls in Ireland between 16896 and 1731 and also held political office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1710 to 1714 and as First Lord of Trade from 1714 to...

 and Frances Temple, in 1720. They had five children:

• The Hon. Isabella Byron (1721–22 January 1795), wife of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle
  Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle
  Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle KG , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1738 was a British peer and Whig politician....
  
  
• William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
  William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
  William Byron, 5th Baron Byron , also known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron", was the poet George Gordon Byron's great uncle. He was the son of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and his wife Hon...
  
   (1722–1798)
• Admiral Hon. John Byron
  John Byron
  Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...
  
  (1723–1786)
• Rev. Hon. Richard Byron (1724–1811)
• The Hon. George Byron (1730–?)