The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2: Large Print by Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, known as Lord Byron, was a British nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement.He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage as well as the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty".