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Lord_Byron in Barcelona


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2 minutes ago, Charlie said:

Perhaps his name is Byron Smith.

Funny you should mention that. Baron Donald Smith, aka Lord Strathcona, was a colourful character who rose from a lowly position in the Hudson Bay Company to become a rich railway baron, head of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and created a Baron by Queen Victoria. He lived to 94 and was married to an aboriginal woman. He was Canada's first High Commissioner (ambassador) to Great Britain and died in London still holding office.

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5 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Pretty pretentious name for a provider to use.

Well Byron was bisexual and flagrantly sexual.  He had an ongoing sexual relationship with a half sister that produced a child.  He had macabre tastes, serving drinks from the skulls of unearthed monks who had been buried in the manor he purchased.  He lived a fast, outrageous like and died young.   So really, it sounds like Lord Byron might be a totally appropriate name for this Barcelona boy.  

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22 minutes ago, purplekow said:

Well Byron was bisexual and flagrantly sexual.  He had an ongoing sexual relationship with a half sister that produced a child.  He had macabre tastes, serving drinks from the skulls of unearthed monks who had been buried in the manor he purchased.  He lived a fast, outrageous like and died young.   So really, it sounds like Lord Byron might be a totally appropriate name for this Barcelona boy.  

If you read his profile and the interview he gave, his personality and background, while seemingly pleasant despite personal hardships in his youth, give no hint of the tempestuous life Lord Byron had. If anything, he sounds very stable. 

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35 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

Funny you should mention that. Baron Donald Smith, aka Lord Strathcona, was a colourful character who rose from a lowly position in the Hudson Bay Company to become a rich railway baron, head of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and created a Baron by Queen Victoria. He lived to 94 and was married to an aboriginal woman. He was Canada's first High Commissioner (ambassador) to Great Britain and died in London still holding office.

George Gordon Byron inherited his title from a great-uncle when he was a child, so his official title was Baron Byron, and he was familiarly called Lord Byron. "Byron" became a relatively popular first name in the English-speaking world in the 19th century, in his honor, since that was the single name that most people used to refer to the famous poet.

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13 minutes ago, Charlie said:

George Gordon Byron inherited his title from a great-uncle when he was a child, so his official title was Baron Byron, and he was familiarly called Lord Byron. "Byron" became a relatively popular first name in the English-speaking world in the 19th century, in his honor, since that was the single name that most people used to refer to the famous poet.

Baron Byng was an English Viscount who was a governor general of Canada in the early 20th century. His name has a nice ring to it (rhymes with bing). In fact a high school in Montreal carries that name.

His first name was Julian but it would have been great if it had been Byron. Baron Byron Byng. 😆

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