The Byrds and Floods
- Colonel William Byrd I (1652–1704), married to Mary Horsmanden, daughter of Sir Warham Horsmanden
- Colonel William Byrd II (1674–1744) of Westover Plantation—Founded Richmond, Virginia. Member of the Royal Society of Great Britain and served on the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- William Byrd III (1752–1777) - served on the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- Colonel William Byrd II (1674–1744) of Westover Plantation—Founded Richmond, Virginia. Member of the Royal Society of Great Britain and served on the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- Colonel William Byrd (1828-1896) moved to Texas and was appointed adjutant general of the Confederate state of Texas. Married the daughter of Robert Jones Rivers
- Richard Evelyn BYRD II, brother to 1828 William Byrd, married Eleanor Bolling Flood the daughter of Henry Delaware Flood, thus uniting these families.
- Henry D. Flood (1865–1921), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1901–1921.
- Joel W. Flood (1894–1964), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1932–1933; brother of Henry D. Flood and uncle of Harry Byrd Sr.
- Harry F. Byrd Sr. (1887–1966), Governor of Virginia, 1926–1930; Vice Chair of the Democratic Party, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933–1965; nominee for President of the States Rights Party, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960; nephew of Henry D. Flood and Joel West Flood, father of Harry Byrd, Jr; brother of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, aviator, explorer.
- Harry F. Byrd Jr. (born 1914), U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1965–1983; son of Harry F. Byrd Sr.
- Harry F. Byrd Sr. (1887–1966), Governor of Virginia, 1926–1930; Vice Chair of the Democratic Party, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933–1965; nominee for President of the States Rights Party, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960; nephew of Henry D. Flood and Joel West Flood, father of Harry Byrd, Jr; brother of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, aviator, explorer.
(The Virginia Byrds are not related to Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who was born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. and renamed after his aunt and uncle Vlurma and Titus Byrd)
NOTE: Harry F. Byrd, Jr. is also brother-in-law of Virginia House Delegate James Thomson.
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