Maj. Gen. John Byron

14/09/1932 — 13/08/1895
A brief biography

Ancestors


Christopher Richardson — 1734 —
William Richardson 1738 — 1799
William Richardson 1775 — 1843
Mary Richardson 1811 — 1842
John Byron 1804 — 1876
John Byron 1932 — 1895
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John Byron 1932 — 1895   Richard Byron 1870 — 1939  

John Byron


Son of John Byron and Mary Richardson. .

Born in 1932, the twenty-second year of the reign of King George V, and died aged thirty-seven in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of Queen Victoria  He has 28 direct descendants in the family.

Biography


Maj.-Gen. John Byron was born on 14 September 1832 at Guildford, London, England. He was the son of Reverend John Byron and Mary Richardson. He married Susan Amelia Graves Chiappini, daughter of Edward Lorenzo Chiappini and Anna Catharina Margaretha Gie, on 24 October 1865 at Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. He died on 13 August 1895 at age 62 at Surbiton, Surrey, England. He fought in the Crimea War in 1854, where he was taken prisoner by the Russians at Sebastopol. He fought in the Indian Mutiny in 1857. He gained the rank of Major-General in the service of the 10th Regiment of Foot. He was Major-General of the 10th Foot.

Children of Maj.-Gen. John Byron and Susan Amelia Graves Chiappini

1- Ada Mary Byron d. 15 Dec 1938 2- Amy Helena Byron d. 31 Aug 1868 3- Colonel Richard Byron b. 19 Feb 1870, d. 1 Aug 1939

John Byron Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 18 Oct 1832 Father's Name: John Byron Mother's name: Mary Byron Parish or Poor Law Union: Guildford Holy Trinit

Gender: Male
Rank: Ensign
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1832
Birth Place: Giuldford Surrey
Enlistment Date: 13 Feb 1852
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1865
Marriage Place: Cape Kour
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot)
Spouse: Susan Amelia Graves Chiappeini
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Spouse Susan Amelia Graves Chiappini


Census 1841


John Byron
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Elmstone Hardwicke
Hundred: Deerhurst (Lower Division)
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
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Registration district: Cheltenham
Sub-registration district: Cheltenham
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Piece: 354
Book: 24
Folio: 6
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
John Byron 35
Mary Byron 30
John Byron 8
Agusta Byron 7
Mary Byron 5
William Byron 4
Ada Byron 3
Fanny Byron 1
Sarah Goulding 20
Mary Hopkins 25
Mary Phillips 21
Harriet Bowles 19
William Humphres 26

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