What is John Byron (died 1600)?
{{Infobox person | name = John Byron | image = John Byron d. 1600.jpeg | caption = Sir John Byron, Kt. in 1599, unknown artist. | birth_date = c. 1526 | death_date = 1600 | nationality = English | occupation = Politician and Knight | title = Sir | spouse = Alice Strelley | children = 7, including [[John Byron (died 1623)|Sir John Byron (died 1623)]] | parents = [[John Byron (died 1567)|Sir John Byron (died 1567)]]<br>Elizabeth Costerdine | pre-nominals = [[Sir]] | post-nominals = [[Knight Bachelor|Kt]] }} '''Sir John Byron''' [[Knight Bachelor|Kt]] (ca. 1526 – 1600) was an Elizabethan [[English people|English]] nobleman, landowner, politician, and [[knight]]. He was also known as '''Little Sir John with the Great Beard'''. He was the son of [[John Byron (died 1567)|Sir John Byron (died 1567)]] and lived at [[Clayton Hall]], [[Manchester]], and later [[Royton]], both then in [[Lancashire]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Looking Back at Royton|last=Stott|first=Frances|publisher=Oldham Arts and Heritage|year=1994|isbn=0-902809-29-6|page=5}}</ref> and later still at [[Newstead Abbey]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], which he inherited from his father. He was [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1572 and [[High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire]] in 1596. He was knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth I of England]] in 1579. He married Alice Strelley and had four sons and three daughters. His eldest son was Anthony who died before him in 1587 and thus he was succeeded by his son [[John Byron (died 1623)|Sir John Byron (died 1623)]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire|last=Burke|first=Bernard|year=1869|page=169|chapter=Byron|author-link=Bernard Burke|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera00inburk#page/169/mode/1up}}</ref> One of his daughters was married to [[Sir Thomas Hutchinson]] of [[Owthorpe]], [[Nottinghamshire]]. Their daughter Margaret Hutchinson is an ancestor of U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]]. == Ancestry == {{Ahnentafel top|width=100%}} <center