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BYRNE, RIGHT REV. ANDREW. _b._ Navan, Ireland 5 Dec. 1802; went to
America 1820; deacon April 1827, priest 11 Nov. 1827; stationed at
various places in Carolina; pastor of St. Mary’s R.C. church at
Charleston 1830; vicar general of Bishop of Charleston; pastor of
St. James’s church N.Y. 1 Sep. 1836, of St. Andrew’s church N.Y.
19 March 1842, of Church of the Nativity N.Y. 5 June 1842; bishop
of Little Rock comprising state of Arkansas 1844 to death;
consecrated at St. Patrick’s cath. N.Y. 10 March 1844; attended
sixth provincial council at Baltimore, May 1846 and first
provincial council at New Orleans 1856. _d._ 1862. _R. H. Clarke’s
Lives of deceased bishops ii_, 264–71 (1872).

BYRNE, JOHN. Ensign 22 foot 1 Oct. 1808; lieut. col. 31 foot 8 Oct.
1844 to 15 April 1846; lieut. col. 53 foot 15 April 1846 to 9 May
1851 when he sold out; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ 21 July 1851.

BYRNE, MILES. _b._ Monaseed, co. Wexford 20 March 1780; joined
society of United Irishmen 1797; joined insurgents under Rev. John
Murphy at Corrigua, co. Wexford 3 June 1798; clerk in timber yard
in Dublin 1798–1803; lieutenant of infantry in Napoleon’s Irish
legion Nov. 1803, commanded a bataillon d’elite of Irish troops
1810, chevalier of Legion of honour 18 June 1813, received cross
of that order 1832; chef de bataillon in 56 regiment of the line
1830–5; served in Greece 1828–30; lived in Paris 1835 to death.
_d._ Rue Montaigne, Paris 24 Jany. 1862. Monument in Montmartre
cemetery. _Memoirs of Miles Byrne 3 vols._ 1863, _portrait_.

BYRNE, OSCAR (_son of James Byrne, dancer who d. 5 Burton crescent,
London 4 Dec. 1844 aged 85_). Made his first appearance as a
dancer in a ballet at Drury Lane theatre 1803; spent some years in
Ireland and abroad; ballet master at Princess’s theatre 1850–9, at
Drury Lane 1862, at Her Majesty’s Nov. 1866; had an inexhaustible
invention in designing new dances; taught most of the English
dancers who gained distinction during his time. _d._ 22 Islip st.
Kentish Town, London 4 Sep. 1867 aged 72.

NOTE.—His father James Byrne introduced in Powell’s pantomime
Harlequin Amulet or the Magic of Mona at Drury Lane theatre
Christmas 1799 an entirely new dress for the harlequin
consisting of a white silk shape fitting without a wrinkle
into which 308 variegated silk patches were woven, the whole
being profusely covered with 48,000 spangles. He completely
altered the manner of playing harlequin by making him a
graceful and agile dancer instead of merely posturing on the
stage in 5 positions. Harlequins before that time wore loose
dresses.

BYRON, ANNE ISABELLA, Baroness Wentworth (_only child of Sir Ralph
Milbanke, 6 Baronet who d. 19 March 1825 aged 78_). _b._ Ellemore
hall, Durham 17 May 1792 being first child after a marriage of 15
years. (_m._ 2 Jany. 1815 George Gordon Byron, 6 Baron Byron he
was _b._ 22 Jany. 1788 and _d._ 19 April 1824, they separated by
mutual consent Feb. 1816). Founded an industrial school for boys
at Ealing on system of Fellenberg 1834, another at Leicester, a
reformatory for girls and some village schools; became baroness
Wentworth at decease of her cousin Lord Scarsdale 12 Nov. 1856
when abeyance of the barony ceased. _d._ 11 St. George’s terrace,
Regent’s park, London 16 May 1860. _Macpherson’s Memoirs of the
life of Anna Jameson_ 1878 _pp._ 94, 163, 187, 188, 209 _and_ 280;
_H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ 1876 316–25; _Lady
Byron vindicated by H. B. Stowe_ 1870; _Quarterly Review Oct.
1869, Jany. 1870 and July 1883_.

BYRON, GEORGE ANSON BYRON, 7 Baron (_only son of George Anson Byron
1758–93, captain R.N._) _b._ Bath 8 March 1789; entered navy as a
volunteer Dec. 1800; captain 7 June 1814; admiral on h.p. 20 May
1862; succeeded his cousin the poet 19 April 1824. _d._ 44 Eaton
place, London 2 March 1868.

BYRON, GEORGE ANSON BYRON, 8 Baron. _b._ Cheltenham 30 June 1818;
succeeded 2 March 1868. _d._ 28 Nov. 1870.

BYRON, HENRY JAMES (_eld. son of Henry Byron 1804–84, British consul
at Port au Prince, Hayti_). _b._ Manchester 8 Jany 1835; ed. at
St. Peter’s College Eaton sq. London; admitted student at M.T. 14
Jany 1858; edited _Fun_ from first number 21 Sep. 1861; edited
_Comic News_ 13 July 1863 to May 1864; edited _Mirth_ Nov. 1877 to
Oct. 1878 12 numbers only; manager with Marie Wilton of Prince of
Wales’s theatre London 15 April 1865 to 1867; manager of Alexandra
theatre Liverpool 1867, of the T.R. and Amphitheatre Liverpool;
manager of Criterion theatre London when it opened 21 May 1874;
made his début in London at Globe theatre 23 Oct. 1869 as Sir
Simon Simple in his own comedy _Not such a fool as he looks_;
author of about 120 burlesques, farces and comedies produced at
West-end theatres, _Cyril’s success_ was played at Globe theatre
28 Nov. 1868 to 27 March 1869 being longest run of any original 5
act play in modern times, and _Our Boys_ a 3 act comedy was played
at Vaudeville theatre from 16 Jany. 1875 to 18 April 1879 an
unbroken run of 1362 times; author of _Paid in full 3 vols._ 1865.
_d._ Rockelemont, Queen’s road, Clapham, London 12 April 1884.
_Illustrated Review vi, 441–3 (1874), portrait_; _Pascoe’s
Dramatic list_ (1879) 61–68; _W. Archer’s English dramatists of
to-day_ (1882) 119–47; _London Society xxvi_, 121–9 (1874);
_Biograph_ (1880) 360–8; _Theatre i_, 212 (1878), _portrait, v_,
345–50 (1882), _iii_, 268–72 (1884).