Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, 6^th Baron Byron was the most important and leading figure in Romantic Movement, and he is considered the greatest European poet and satirist. Byron’s books are world widely red, and   his books remain to be someones favourite books.

Born to a Scottish Heiress, he was the son of Captain John Byron known as “Mad Jack” and Catherine Gordon of Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  John Byron squandered away the family’s wealth, and the huge debt followed by the severe censure of society caused him and Catherine to move in France. From the unsolved issues and the pressure from their creditors led them to live in hiding for few months. Because they wanted their son to be born in the English soil, they returned to London. George Gordon Noel Byron was born on January 22, 1788 in London, United Kingdom. From his birth, Byron suffered from talipes  or a malformation of the right foot causing a slight lameness.  This was an agony of lifelong misery to him. Knowingly that with proper care it might have been cured, it conspired to hurt the pride and sensitiveness of the poet. It is a story of a childhood cruelly maltreated and neglected followed by fierce temptations and domestic tragedies. His father died when he was quite young. After the death of his father, his mother, Catherine, was tied up in the lawsuits. Byron's mother Catherine had to sell her land and property to pay her husbands debts. This caused Catherin to return to Aberden  as  the impoverished widow, and live on here small salvage fortune. Byron’s childhood was brought up in meager conditions subjected alternately to the excessive tenderness and malicious desire of his mother. Catherine was a spoiled aristocrat woman of violent temper, and a burning passion for social progress. After years of poverty, Catherine with the spirit of revolt had no proper guiding of her volcanic and intelligent little boy. He was in Calvinistic way raised. The circumstances of this Calvinistic early life explain the spirit of revolt that was his lifelong characteristic.

The poet had two last names, and he used only one at any given time. Gordon was the baptismal name and not surname. He was baptized at St Marylebone Parish Church, to honor his maternal grandfather George Gordon of Gight, who committed suicide in 1779. This grandfather was a descendant of King James I. The father of Byron, John Byron, took the surname Gordon in order to claim his wife's estate in Scotland. It is believed that John Byron married Catherine Gordon just for her wealth, which wealth he deserted. Byron was registered at school in Aberdeen as George Byron Gordon. In 1794, the death of a cousin made the poet to become heir-presumptive to the title of the estate. On May 21, 1798, his great-uncle, the fifth "wicked Lord" died. At the age of ten, he inherited the English family title, becoming George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron of Rochdale.  Becoming  the 6^th Baron Byron, he inherited Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire, England, and took up residence at the family seat, Newstead Abbey. Nevertheless, Byron did not live long  in this estate because it was rented to Lord Grey de Ruthyn. The second last name of the poet was Noel. In order to inherit half of his mother in law estate after her death, the poet had to fulfill her will requirement to change to her last name Noel. Therafter, he was George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron. The royalty title in the Byron’s family starts few centuries beck. When the rich Priory of Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire was given to Baron Family from Henry VIII in 1500, the Baron Family received full recognition among the royals in British monarchy. In addition, the ancestors were descent soldiers sacrificing and giving genuine and honorable service to the military, the country, and the king.  In 1600, they were honored with extraordinary military service in the civil war. In the 18^th century, Barons’ found themselves to be distinguished seamen, spendthrifts, and debauchees. The paternal grandfather of George Gordon Byron was Vice-Admiral John "Foulweather Jack" Byron, known as the officer who navigated the entire globe. Vice-Admiral John Byron was the youngest brother of the 5th Baron Byron, known as "the Wicked Lord", the descendants of King Edward III . Byron was a low ranking royal title and it comes from the English words,”My man in London.”  Byron was a servant, who represented his boss in London. Byron was titled the person responsible for the management of the royal palace, work the land of the royalties, and contribute in law and policy enforcement of the monarchies in that region. Sometimes, Byron socialized the king. This title has been found in different kingdoms such as Spanish, Germans, and other kingdoms. In the German language, it means “A free warrior.”

At early age, Byron attended the English School at Aberdeen Grammar School. In 1801, he attended Harrow. For four years, he will  attend Dulwich school and Harrow at the same time. His academic achievements were neither the highest nor the lowest. The teenage atmosphere in the school with sensitiveness about his lameness did not stop him of being a great friend. He made several close friends while at school. Energetic and talented Byron was chosen to represent Harrow during the very first Eton versus Harrow cricket match at Lords. After 4 years at Harrow, he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge. While attending Trinity College, Byron had enough time to spend on reading the history and fiction. Mostly, he liked the ancient history of Balkans. At this time, Byron was living extravagantly. It is a story of a boyhood of splendid genius and a truly noble nature followed by desultory, passionate daydreams, and intense study. Suffice to say that the story of a youth spent in folly, stained though not ruined by desire of egoism. This caused the need for self-determination, which he sought in three main directions, love, action, and poetry. He grew up and became a handsome man. His friends and neighbors encouraged him to publish his poetry. In 1806 at the age of 18, he published his first poetry, "Fugitive Pieces" printed by Ridge of Newark. The book contained poems written when Byron was fourteen years old.  Nevertheless, the book was recalled and burned because of amorous verses.  Reversed and expended, the book reapeared after one year as “Poems on Various Occasions.”  The culminating book,”"Hours of Idleness," a collection of previous poems and recent compositions, provoked severe criticism from the Edinburgh Review. This pushed Byron to publish his first satire"English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" as a reply to Edinbourg Review. The book is about heroic couplets reminiscent of Pope, which book created him considerable fame and shortly went through five editions.

Byron left England in 1809 for a grand tour through Spain, Portugal, Italy, to Albania where he spent time there in Athens, todays Greece. This was customary for a young royal man. Byron did not have sympathy for French and Napoleon, therefore he avoided the war-torn countries by French soldiers. Lord Bryon became a member of the House of Lords in 1809. Ali Pasha Tepelena, Albanian Pasha, ruled the southern part of Albania. Ali Pasha known as the Lion of Janina had attracted the attention of the most distinguished personalities of the time, so that Byron and John Hobhouse, were curious to meet him. The first time Byron saw the mountains of Albania in the distance, reminded him in the ancient history and mythological stories and he wrote those moving lines:

Land of Albania! Let me bend mine eyes
On thee, thou rugged Nurse of savage men

Lord George Gordon was the only British and European monarch to have courage to travel to Albania. He new very well the ancient history of Albanians and wanted to meet them. Albanian territories under rules of Ottoman Empire and segregated were forbidden places for Europeans. Albania of Ali Pasha of Tepelena and Albania of Kara Mahmoud Pasha were unknown and dangerous, restricted, and taboo places for Europe and Europeans. In that time, Albanians and Ali Pasha were known as great and ruthless warriors. Byron met several times with Ali Pasha of Tepelena, and he was a privileged guest and enjoyed a great respect from Ali Pasha. According to Hobhouse, Ali Pasha was civil and urbane in the entertainment of his guests, and requested them to consider themselves as his children.  It was on this occasion he told Lord Byron, that he discovered his noble blood by the smallness of his hands and ears. Byron wrote a poem about Ali Pasha Tepelena, the Vizier of Janina:

I talk not of mercy, I talk not of fear,

He neither must know who would serve the Vizier:

Since the days of our prophet the Crescent ne’er saw

A chief ever glorious like Ali Pashaw.

Byron

In his notes, Byron wrote, the Albanians "struck me forcibly by their resemblance of the Highlanders of Scotland, in dress, figure and manner of living. Their very mountains seemed Caledonian, with a kinder climate. The kilt, though white; the spare, active form; their dialect, Celtic in its sound..." When in 1810, after my friend, Mr. Hobhouse, left me for England, I was seized with a severe fever in the Morea, these men saved my life by frightening away my physician, whose throat they threatened to cut if I was not cured within a given time.  To this consolatory assurance of posthumous retribution, and a resolute refusal of Dr Romanelli's prescriptions, I attributed my recovery.  I had left my last remaining English servant at Athens; my dragoman was as ill as myself; and my poor Arnaouts (Turkish name for Albanians) nursed me with an attention which would have done honor to civilization.

The Albanian territory that was ruled by Ali Pasha counted 1.5 million populations, and a union with Kara Mahmoud Pasha would create a strong Albania, perhaps, a world superpower of that time. A strong Albania was viewed as a threat for Europe and world especially for French and English. Therefore, the British kingdom ordered Byron to help Greek people. Even though Byron liked Albanians a lot, he respected the orders of his kingdom as a true patriot. Byron wrote a lot about Albanians; he was inspired by Albanian hospitality and genuine honesty; Byron admired Albanian bravery and courage. Byron made a portrait wearing Albanian clothes. The fabulous painter of London, Thomas Phillips, painted two copies of the portrait of Byron in Albanian clothes in 1835 and 1840. This portrait now is in the British Embassy in Athens. Byron wore the Albanian clothes with dignity and high respect. He praised the Albanian clothing and with a respect talked of clothing being the most magnificent in the world. Byron wrote only the true reality that he was seeing. Under the directives of his kingdom, Byron helped the Greek independency. The number of Greek population was very low when Byron visited Balkans.  In the entire Balkan peninsula, only 300 000 Greeks could be found that time. The real and true name of these people was Gypsy from the ancient time. The people of Balkan Peninsula were calling the people or immigrants who arrived from Egypt in the short form as “Gypsy.” They were dark and some were black. The immigrants spoke the broken Latin. In ancient time the Latin language was the language of Romans and universal language that all countries were using for bilateral relation. The wealthy in order to be different from the poor and the others started to use the Latin language. Their servants started also to learn this language, but they spoke the broken Latin. This broken Latin language later was known as a Greek language, and with the modification of this language, today is known as a Modern Greek language. In the entire Balkan Peninsula, people were speaking a language that is known today as Albanian language. Especially, the militaries were strictly bound to this language. This can be confirmed even today by using the names or toponomy of the places. For example, “Nish” means one in Albanian language; “Bukuresht” comes from two words bukur- means beautiful, and resht - means row; “Thessalonica” Te - means to, salon means saloon, and ika - means run; “Qystendil” from the Albanian words qysh-that means how , te- means where, and dil – means exit, how and where to exit; and other toponomy.

After his return from the grand tour, Byron eventually took his seat at the House of Lords in 1811. The first speech in front of the Lords was on February 27, 1812. In his speech, Byron strongly supported Luddits and social reforms. In addition, he advocated the rights of the Roman Catholics living in the Kingdom.  Involved deeply in politics at this time, the famous poet,  started an affair with Lady Caroline Lamb. She fall deeply in love with him. Byron enough famous with his extravagana and flamboyant life had chances for other love affairs, and he ended this love relationship with her. Lady Caroline Lamb was emotionally wounded from this end, and she never recovered. She persued him until her death. Byron dedicated  poem to her,”Remember me.” Lady Caroline Lamb always described  Byron by as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know.”

Through Belgium up to the Rhine, Lord Byron with his personal physician, John William Polidori, settled in Switzerland. They were located at the Villa Diodati near the lake Geneva. Lord Byron met his friend the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary Godwin. Shortly Mary Goldwin step sister, Jane Clair Clairmont,  joined them. Lord Byron had had a love affair with her back in London. This love affair reapered with an initative of Percy Shellwy and his wife succeding to persuade Byron. As a fruit of this love affair was the daughter,  Allegra, born in January 1817. While in Switzerland, he managed to write the third canto of Childe Harold, and the story fragment was published as a postscript to Mazeppa.   Byron retuned to Venice in 1817. At the same year, Byron visited Rome. After returning to Venice, he wrote the fourth canto of Childe Harold. At the same year , Byron sold his property in Newstead, England, and he published “Manfred, ““Cain,” and “The Deformed Transformed.” Immediately after retuning to Venice, Byron wrote "English grammar and the Armenian”including both classic and modern Armenian. Byron wrote about the struggle for liberation of Armenian people. Their war against Ottoman Pashas and the Persian Satraps. In 1819, Byron managed to compell "English Armenian dictionary"While socializing with Armenians, Byron with the help of Armenian patriarch Haik., discovers discrepancies between  the Armenian Christian Orthodox  Bible and English protestan  Bible. Fascinated so great by this discovery, Byron translated some passages that were deficient in the English version. Lord George Gordon was sent from British kingdom to travel around the Europe to provide true and exact information about the local people, the place, the wealth for that place, and the future perspectives of that place of Europe.

After releasing a poem called “Beppo”, Byron started the first five cantos of unfinished “Don Juan.” The first five cantos of unfinished “Don Juan”were prepared and writen between  1918 and 1920. After several more relationships in Italy, Byron met Countess Teresa Guiccioli, who shortly separated from her husband. While residing in Italy, Byron supported the radicals and helped the revolutionary organization the Carbonari where he served as a regional leader of Italy's in its struggle against Austria. Genoa was his last residency in Italy where he lived until 1823 accompanied by Countess Teresa Guiccioli. In his adventures, Byron helped the freedom fighters in Italy and lead Greece into independence. When the joined Albanian and Greeks or Gypsies  movement for liberation from the Ottoman Empire ask for his support, Byron accepted this invitation. On  July 16, Byron left Genoa arriving at Kefalonia in the Ionian Islands on August 4, 1823. Byron  spent more than £4000 of his own money to refit his own fleet against Ottoman Empire . Byron settled down in Messolonghi ,Albania or Epirus. On December 29, 1823,  Byron meets the Arvanitis or Albanian General Alexandros Mavrokordatos. Byron lack of military experience joinned  Mavrokordatos plan to attack the Turkish-held fortress in Lepanto, at the Gulf of Corinth.  Byron perpared his own artilery unit, and he wanted to cammand the attack. He felt ill on February 15, 1824, and the command was given to others. His unusual bleeding was stopped, and he was partially recovered. Byron helped Greece in a quest for independence from Ottoman Turkey without any reserves. After traveling on horseback during a rainy storm day on April 1824, Byron received a chill and cought a cold followed by caughing. This caughing caused the bleeding to reapear and increase, and insantly he got violent fever. On April 19, 1824, at the age of 36, Lord George Gordon died in Misolongi, Epirus. His autobiography by Thomas Moore was left to Byron, and Greeks or Gypsies burned it in 1824. Even though Lord George Gordon helped the Greek people for their independence, Byron is being offended, is being sworn, and his identity is being insulted by the Greeks. Unfortunately, the offending and resentment toward this poet by the gypsies is never stopping. The Greek nation is showing unfair, unjustified, and disregard toward the identity of this monarch by calling him with many derogatory names. Byron never insulted or offended any nation in his books, but he wrote the truth and reality of the time and the place that he lived. In all the books that were written on and about Greece, and where the Greek government had influence, Ali Pasha is represented as a Turkish person, and not as an Albanian. Byron showed the world better then any other who was Ali Pasha and who were the Greeks. Byron died leaving behind his realistic and truthfulness writings. Byron was individual who helped the Greek nation, but he got no respect as he deserves.

Byron was an individual hated by the conservatives. Especially by the English Lords, he was called with many derogatory names. The flamboyish lifestyle was not acceptable for centuries old conservatives of Engalnd.  Because of his hard works, active extravagantly life, physical beauty, and poetry he came to be considered the personification of the romance and heartbreaking for many young ladies of England.  His new fashion and style created a jealousy and hatred. This lead, Byron to be called homosexual, heterosexual, and allegations of incest and sodomy. Maybe none of this is true. Byron fame rests on his writings, and his lifestyle. After his death, the barony passed to a cousin, George Anson Byron.  George Anson Byron. was a military officer,  and he was  opposite in temperament and lifestyle than Lord Byron.  A perfect fit for the English conservatives. His ldaughter Ada Lovelace was among the first invetors of the computers. After 145 years of Byron’s death, a memorial to him was finally placed in Westminster Abbey in 1969. Byron is considered European poet. His imagination of Europe being less troubled and united, finally took place after so many years. To Germans, Byron is more valued and studied than in England; To French, Byron is more a French poet than an English one; For Italians, Byron is a true patriot. For Chinese, Byron represents European revolutionary in romance and poetry. Around the world, Byron is considered the poet of revolutionary movement of the Renaissance. A royalty man in his mission to conquer the world, and make it fit for his home. Byron wrote about his respect and genuine love toward Albanians with honesty that remains to be red around the world forever, and Byron remains in the hearts of Albanians forever.