Frederick Byron (cricketer)

Hon. Frederick Byron DL (3 February 1822 – 4 April 1861) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron, he was born at Cheltenham in February 1822.[1] He was educated at Westminster School,[2] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, Byron made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1841.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs by James Cobbett in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler.[5] He became a fellow at All Souls College in 1843.[3]

After graduating from Oxford, he became a member of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1848.[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters in April 1850.[6] Byron was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Essex in September 1853.[7] He was promoted to captain in the Sherwood Foresters in March 1859.[8] Byron married Mary Jane Wescomb in 1851, with the couple having three children.[1] He died suddenly at Westminster in April 1861,[2] predeceasing his father. Byron's son George later became the 9th Baron Byron upon the death of Bryon's elder brother, George Byron, 8th Baron Byron.[1]