may 19, 1798 - Byron becomes baron, moves to England
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May:
Byron's uncle, the "Wicked Lord" William Byron, dies. Ten-year-old George Gordon Byron becomes the 6th Baron Byron. The family is instantly elevated from poverty to nobility.
August:
The newly-appointed young baron and his mother move from Aberdeen to the Newstead Abbey, the Byron family home, in England.
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