Byles, Mather

Byles, Mather, 1707-88, American clergyman and poet, b. Boston. Famous minister of the Hollis St. Congregational Church, Boston, from 1732, he was dismissed for his Tory sympathies after the British evacuation of Boston. From his uncle, Cotton Mather, he inherited a valuable library, to which he added his own unique collection. His poetry, imitative but witty, appeared in Poems on Several Occasions (1744) and other volumes; his prose includes sermons and The Flourish of Annual Spring (1741).

Byles is an English surname(spelling variations Biles, Boyles, Billes, Bailie, Bill and others)

Byles could also refer to:

• Mather Byles, British North American clergyman (died 1788)
• Marie Byles, conservationist, solicitor and author (died 1979)
• Janice Byles, maiden name of Guinness World Record holding ocean rower and polar explorer Janice Meek
• Daniel Byles, Guinness World Record holding ocean rower and polar explorer
• Father Thomas Byles , passenger on the RMS Titanic
• Junior Byles (real name Keith Byles), Jamaican reggae singer