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naval officer and explorer, was born on 8 November 1723, the second son of William, fourth Baron Byron and his third wife Frances, née Berkeley. He joined the Navy in 1737, and as a midshipman sailed in the ill-fated Wager on ANSON 's voyage round the world in 1740-44. In May 1741 the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of ...
John Byron. 1723-1786. British Explorer and Naval Admiral. A fter the exploration of Australia and New Zealand by Dutchman Abel Tasman (c. 1603-1659), a feverish period of sea exploration began, setting the stage for a surge in European colonialism during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
2 giorni fa · John Byron (1723–86) died a vice-admiral, having earned the nickname 'Foulweather Jack' after much experience on rough seas. In 1741 he was a midshipman aboard HMS Wager in a squadron sent to attack Spanish ships off Chile.
Byron was the son of the handsome and profligate Captain John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scots heiress. After her husband had squandered most of her fortune, Mrs. Byron took her infant son to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived in lodgings on a meagre income; the captain died in France in 1791.
An Account of the Voyages first page, 1773. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from ...
The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World - September 2013 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Sir John, First Baron Byron of Rochdale (b. 1598/1599 – d. 1652) Sir John Byron, painted by Dobson, c.16431 Sir John, first Baron Byron of Rochdale was a prominent Royalist officer during the British Civil Wars. He comes from a long line of John Byrons, he being the sixth Sir John. The family owned large estates in Lancashire and ...
