[Literature & Art] Byron, Lord. (1788-1824) Lord BYRON - A Lock of Hair from the Poet[Literature & Art] Byron, Lord. (1788 1824). Lord BYRON A Lock of Hair from the Poet. A lock of hair from the highly influential British poet (Childe Harolds Pilgrimage and Don Juan), politician, soldier, and adventurer, sexual and otherwise, probably the most colorful literary figure of the Romantic era. Byron's last physician, Dr Francesco Bruno, performed his autopsy, supervised the embalming, accompanied the body back to England, and is known to