Editing Lady Byron (section)

==Names and family==
Lady Byron was born Anne Isabella Milbanke, the only child of [[Sir Ralph Milbanke, 6th Baronet]], and his wife, the [[Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth#Personal life|Hon. Judith Noel]] (1751-1822), sister of [[Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth|Thomas Noel, Viscount Wentworth]].<ref>Joan Pierson, 'Noel, Anne Isabella, suo jure Baroness Wentworth, and Lady Byron (1792–1860)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/45789, accessed 11 Aug 2011]</ref>

Her father's only surviving sibling was [[Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne]], the influential political hostess. Her children, Anne's cousins, were: 
* Hon. [[Peniston Lamb (1770–1805)|Peniston Lamb]] (1770–1805)
* [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]] (1779–1848)
* [[Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne]] (1782–1853)
* Hon. [[George Lamb (politician and writer)|George Lamb]] (1784–1834)
* [[Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper]] (1787–1869)
* Harriet Lamb (1789–1803)

Her mother's only surviving sibling had no legitimate heirs, but he did have one son before his marriage, named after him, Thomas Noel; he became a clergyman.

When Anne's maternal uncle died, a few months after her marriage to Lord Byron, Lady Milbanke and her cousin Lord Scarsdale jointly inherited his estate. The family subsequently [[name change#Historical usage|took the surname]] Noel over Milbanke.

Lord Wentworth had been both a viscount and a baron. Upon his death the viscountcy became extinct, and the barony fell into [[abeyance]] between Lady Milbanke and [[Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale|Lord Scarsdale]]. After their deaths the barony passed to Lady Byron and she became Baroness Wentworth in her own right; however she did not use the title. She signed her letters "A. I. Noel Byron" and her will as "Baroness Noel-Byron". The world knew her as "Lady Byron", and her friends and family called her by her nickname, "Annabella".