Byron Weston

Byron Weston
File:Captain Byron Curtis Weston 1832-1898.jpg
32nd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 8, 1880 – January 4, 1883
Governor	John Davis Long
Preceded by	John Davis Long
Succeeded by	Oliver Ames
Personal details
Born	Bryon Curtis Weston (1832-04-09)April 9, 1832 Dalton, Massachusetts
Died	Dalton, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican

Captain Byron Curtis Weston (April 9, 1832 – November 8, 1898) was a native of Massachusetts who founded the Weston Paper Company in 1863 (which ceased to exist following its sale in 2008) and served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883. He came from an old New England Congregationalist family of extraordinary wealth. In 1865, he married Julia Clark Mitchell, with whom he had ten children, including Julia Carolyn Weston, mother to the well known chef Julia Child. They lived in a mansion known as Westonholme, in Dalton, Massachusetts. Weston was known for his gifts to the community, including the Grace Episcopal Church in his hometown and funds towards the debt incurred for the grading and draining of an athletic field and monies toward upkeep and a grandstand at Williams College. Weston received an honorary M.A. from Williams College in 1886 and the field, still used today, was named Weston Field in his honor.

Byron married Julia Mitchell; their daughter Ellen Mitchell Weston married Hale Holden in 1895.

External links

• Byron Weston at Denver Post Online
• New York Times obituary
• Southworth buys Weston

Political offices
Preceded by John Davis Long	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1880–1883	Succeeded by Oliver Ames