Sir John Byron (1562–1623) of Colwick and Newstead, Nottinghamshire, and Clayton, Lancashire, was a

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for

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in 1597. Byron was the son of Sir John Byron (died 1600) and his wife Alice Strelley. He married Margaret FitzWilliam, daughter of

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of Gaynes Park. They had 5 sons and 5 daughters. Among his sons was another Sir John Byron, whose own sons, John and

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became

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* 1562 births 1623 deaths English MPs 1597–1598 17th-century English people English knights John People from Newstead, Nottinghamshire People from Colwick {{UK-noble-stub