1. byron, john naval officer, grandfather of the poet, nicknamed from his misfortunes "Foul-weather Jack"; accompanied Anson in his voyageround the world, but was wrecked in his ship the Wager; suffered almost unexampled hardships, of which he wrote a classicalaccount on his safereturn home; he rose to the rank of admiral, and commanded the squadron in the West Indies during the American war; died in England (1723-1786).
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