Sir John Byron Jr

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Sir John Byron Junior (c. 1526 - 1600) was an Elizabethan English knight.

He lived at Clayton in Lancashire and later at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1579. One of his daughters, was married to Sir Thomas Hutchinson of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire. His son was John Byron, 1st Baron Byron. He also had several other sons. Their heirs inherited the title from the first baron.[1]

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  1. ^ Byron By John Nichol, Project Gutenberg E Books, Pages 3-10