Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1917 — Birthday of Byron. [ARTICLE]

Birthday of Byron.

Recently occurred the one hundred and twenty-ninth anniversary of the birth of Lord Byron. The poet’s family, on the paternal side, traced Its origin back to the time of William the Oonqueror, and on his mother’s side he was related to the royal family of Scotland- His father, Capt John Byron of the Guards, was so notorious for his gallantries and recklessness that, he received the nickname of «Mad Jack.” After squandering the Inberltance of his wife, “Mad Jack” denetted her, and died a few years after fte bfrtb of peorge Gordon Noel, who early became Lord Byron through the death Without issue 1 of Ml granduncle, the fifth Lord Byron. He contributed some notable to literature and Introduced a style of romantic poetry that was to set the fashion for many a day.