retirement in 1882. His first wife died in 1876 at the age of 45, and the same year he remarried Eleanor Mary née Joy, the daughter of Edward Joy, a lawyer. His son Henry and daughter Crede (a pun on Crede Byron, the Byron family motto) also became actors, and he had another son. During the last few years of his life Byron was in frail health, and he died at his home in Clapham, London, England, in 1884 at the age of 49. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Notes References Bancroft, Squire and Marie. Mr and Mrs Bancroft on and off the stage (1888) Barnes, J. H. Forty years on the stage (1914) Cordova, R. de, ed. Dame Madge Kendal by herself (1933) Davis, Jim. Plays by H. J. Byron (Cambridge University Press, 1984), with The Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, and The Gaiety Gulliver. Hibbert, H. G. A playgoer's memories (1920) Hollingshead, J. Gaiety chronicles (1898) Irving, L. Henry Irving: the actor and his world (1951) Lee, Amy. "Henry J. Byron", Hong Kong Baptist University More, Elizabeth A. "Henry James Byron: His career and Theatrical Background", Theatre Studies, 26–27, pp. 51–63, (1979–1981) More, Elizabeth A. "Henry James Byron and the Craft of Burlesque", Theatre Survey: The American Journal of Theatre History, 23, pp. 55–70 (1982) Pemberton, T. E. The life and writings of T. W. Robertson (1893) Pemberton, T. E. A memoir of Edward Askew Sothern, 2nd edn (1889) Pemberton, T. E. Sir Charles Wyndham (1904) Swears, H. When all's said and done (1937) Walbrook, H. M. A playgoer's wanderings'' (1920) External links Script of Byron's Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday (1860) 1835 births 1884 deaths Writers from Manchester Burials at Brompton Cemetery People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan Henry James 19th-century English writers Male actors from Manchester English male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century theatre managers