Talk:Robert Byron, 13th Baron Byron

Descent
The article states: He is a descendant of Romantic poet and writer, Lord Byron.

How? The 6th Baron was not succeeded by his own issue, so unless one of his daughters or their descendants remarried into the line (which could have happened, of course, but I'd like to know who and when), I don't see how that is possible. 71.60.250.225 (talk) 05:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * No descendant of the poet through the distaff side is known to have resumed the title. The incumbent is descended from the third son of the fourth Baron, which is to say descent went through yet another cousin of the poet than the one whose line had held title 1824–1983. The current article text is better now; it could still mislead on this point, in that it might suggest descent still goes through the cousin who succeeded the poet, but it doesn't actually say that. And "Baron Byron" does a nice job of explaining the break in descent. — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 05:43, 27 November 2009 (UTC)