William Jeremiah "Lord" Byron (September 18, 1872 – December 27, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball umpire. Byron was known as the "Singing Umpire", because he would occasionally sing his calls. Byron began umpiring in the Michigan State League in . He would then work in the South Atlantic League from to . From to , Byron umpired games for the Virginia League, Eastern League, Southern Association, and the

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. Byron made his major league umpiring debut on April 10, for the National League. He would work in the NL from until , umpiring 1,012 games and the

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with Bill Dinneen,

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, and George Hildebrand.1914 World Series information for Lord Byron
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from to , and then retired from umpiring. Byron died in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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1872 births 1955 deaths Major League Baseball umpires Sportspeople from New York City {{US-baseball-umpire-stub

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