Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron DSO (3 November 1899 – 15 June 1989) was a British peer and army officer. He was a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.

Early life and education
Byron was born to Colonel Richard Byron and Mabel Mackenzie Winter. He was educated at Eton College in Eton, UK.

Professional life
Byron was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay between 1921 and 1922, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand in 1937. He fought in the Second World War. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1944.

Family life
Byron married Margaret Mary Steuart in 1926, but they were divorced in 1946. He married Dorigen Margaret Esdaile later in 1946, and this couple had two sons:


 * The Hon. Richard Noel Byron (1948–1985)
 * Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (1950)

Byron succeeded to the title of 12th Baron Byron in 1983 upon the death of his fifth cousin Rupert Frederick George Byron, in Australia. Lord Byron died on 15 June 1989 at age 89, whereupon his surviving son Robert became the 13th Baron.