Captain John Byron

2017

Lord Byron’s father, Captain John “Mad Jack” Byron born on February 7th, 1756. The first son of vice admiral John Byron “Foul Weather Jack” and Sofia Trevanion, George Anson Byron, was educated at Westminster. He gained the rank of captain in the Coldstream Guards. However, his gambling problems made his father disinherited him. He was 30 years old when he met Catherine at Bath. Broke, a widower, and a father of an orphan baby girl, with only his good looks to support him, was desperately looking for a salvation bride in the ballrooms of Bath.