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).