He took a keen interest in botany and scientific developments. The 6th Duke travelled across Europe, as far as Istanbul. However, if they did ever meet, then they might have found some common ground. On the date of Byron’s visit to Chatsworth, the Duke had just travelled to his London home, Devonshire House. We do not know whether the 6th Duke of Devonshire ever met Lord Byron.
They had seven children, one of whom would become the 8th Baron Byron. He married Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole of Radbourne Hall in 1816. The 7th Baron Byron was very different in temperament to his poet predecessor. On the way home in 1825, he and his men made the first charts of three Pacific islands: Malden, Parry and Starbuck Islands. In a move that would be condemned today, he removed native artefacts from a ruined temple and brought them back to England. While in Hawaii he toured the islands and noted his observations. He was accompanied on this voyage by several naturalists. Lord Byron was given the task of transporting the royal couple on their final journey. The decision was made to take the King and Queen’s bodies home for burial. This meant that there was very little natural immunity to it amongst the local population. It was one of numerous illnesses that had only recently appeared in Hawaii, brought to the island by traders and explorers from Europe and America.
Tragically, both of them died of measles during the visit. In 1824 the King and Queen of Hawaii, Kamehameha II and Kamāmalu, paid a state visit to Britain. He served in the Napoleonic Wars and became a captain in 1814.
George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron (1789-1868), joined the Royal Navy in 1800. This man signed the visitors’ book at Chatsworth on 23 September 1841. He died in 1824 having no legitimate sons, but he had a cousin who inherited the title of Lord Byron. George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron, is one of Britain’s most famous poets. The name Lord Byron is familiar to most people with an interest in history.
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