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George Byng (other)
George Byng may refer to: *George Byng (c. 1556–1616), MP for Rochester *George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), Royal Navy officer and statesman *George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750), British Army officer and peer *George Byng (1735–1789), British Member of Parliament *George Byng (1764–1847), British Member of Parliament, son of the above *George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740–1812), English peer *George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831), Royal Navy officer *George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1806–1886), British peer and politician *George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812–1884), British colonial administrator and courtier * George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1830–1898), British politician * George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (1841–1889), British politician *George Byng, 9th Viscount Torrington (1886–1944) *George W. Byng George Wilford Bulkley Byng (1861 – 29 June 1932) was an English conductor, composer, mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng (c
George Byng may refer to: *George Byng (c. 1556–1616), MP for Rochester (UK Parliament constituency), Rochester *George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), Royal Navy officer and statesman *George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750), British Army officer and peer *George Byng (1735–1789), British Member of Parliament *George Byng (1764–1847), British Member of Parliament, son of the above *George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740–1812), English peer *George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831), Royal Navy officer *George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1806–1886), British peer and politician *George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812–1884), British colonial administrator and courtier *George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1830–1898), British politician *George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (1841–1889), British politician *George Byng, 9th Viscount Torrington (1886–1944) *George W. Byng (1861–1932), composer and conductor {{hndis, Byng, Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester (UK Parliament Constituency)
Rochester was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one seat. In 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918, it was split between Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), Chatham and Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency), Gillingham. The Chatham seat became Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), Rochester and Chatham in 1950, and then Medway in 1983. When the boroughs of Rochester upon Medway and Gillingham merged to form the larger unitary Borough of Medway in 1998, the Parliamentary constituency of Medway only covered part of the new borough, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer and statesman. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains to Prince William of Orange, who had just landed at Torbay, assuring the Prince of the captains' support; the Prince gave Byng a response which ultimately led to the Royal Navy switching allegiance to the Prince and the Glorious Revolution of November 1688. As a captain, Byng saw action at the Battle of Vigo Bay, when the French fleet were defeated, during the War of the Spanish Succession. As a flag officer, he led the bombardment squadron while serving under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Capture of Gibraltar and then took part in the Battle of Málaga at a later stage in the same war. Byng was sent to the Mediterranean to thwart any attempt by the Spanish to take Sicily. He encountered the Spanish fleet at Naples and, after pursuing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington
Major General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (21 September 1701 – 7 April 1750) (styled ''The Honourable George Byng'' from 1721 to 1747), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a British Army officer and peer. Origins He was the 2nd surviving son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire. Career He succeeded his childless elder brother Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699–1747) to the viscountcy and the family seat at Southill Park in Bedfordshire. From 1742 to 1748, Byng was Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Marines. From 1749 to 1750 he was Colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot. He ended his military career with the rank of Major General. Marriage and children On 21 August 1736 he married Elizabeth Daniel, a granddaughter of Sir Peter Daniel, by whom he had two children: * George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740–1812) * John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1743–1813) Death and burial He died on 7 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng (1735–1789)
George Byng (1735 – 27 October 1789) of Wrotham Park in Middlesex (now in Hertfordshire), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784. Origins He was the eldest son of Robert Byng (1703-1740), Governor of Barbados, by his wife Elizabeth Forward, a daughter and co-heiress of Jonathan Forward. He was a grandson of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733) of Southill Park in Bedfordshire. Career He inherited the estate of Wrotham Park from his unmarried and childless uncle Admiral John Byng (1704-1757), famously court-martialled and shot in 1757 following the fall of Minorca. At the 1768 general election Byng was elected as a Member of Parliament for Wigan. He was returned unopposed for Wigan in 1774. He was returned unopposed as MP for Middlesex at the 1780 general election but was defeated in a contest in 1784. Marriage and progeny On 5 March 1761 Byng married Anne Conolly (died 1806), daughter of William James Conolly (d.17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng (1764–1847)
George Byng DL JP (17 May 1764 – 10 January 1847), of Wrotham Park in Middlesex (now Hertfordshire), and of Wentworth House, 5, St James's Square, London, was a British Whig politician. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of George Byng (1735-1789) (eldest son of Robert Byng (1703-1740), third son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733)John BurkGenealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours Colburn, 1836, p. 14) of Wrotham Park, by his wife Anne Conolly, a daughter of William Conolly (d.1754), of Stratton Hall, Staffordshire and of Castletown, co. Kildare, a Member of Parliament. Anne's mother was Lady Anne Wentworth, a daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739). His younger brother was Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772-1860), elevated to the peerage in 1847 with the same territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (11 October 1740 – 14 December 1812) was an English peer. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701-1750) by his wife Elizabeth Daniel. Career He inherited the Torrington viscountcy and the family seat of Southill Park in Bedfordshire on the death of his father in 1750. He sold Southill to the beer magnate, Samuel Whitbread, in 1795. Marriage and children On 20 July 1765 he married Lady Lucy Boyle (1744–1792), a daughter of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, by his wife, Margaret Hamilton, by whom he had seven children, three sons who all predeceased him, and four daughters: * Lucy Elizabeth Byng (17 October 1760 – 20 September 1844), who married Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford, 29 May 1788. * Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (1768 – 11 October 1801), who married John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford, 1786. * William Henry Byng (27 November 1769 – 23 November 1770), predeceased his fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington
Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (5 January 1768–18 June 1831), Royal Navy, commanded , the ship which returned King William I to the Netherlands from his exile in London,J.A. van Zelm van Eldik in "Moed en Deugd" page 212 003 for which service he was appointed by the king to the Military Order of William. Early life George Byng was born the eldest son of Colonel the Honourable John Byng and his wife Bridget, the daughter of Commodore Arthur Forrest, in London on 5 January 1768. He was initially educated at Greenwich but was then moved to a seminary at Paddington where he completed his education in preparation for joining the Royal Navy, as had been planned for him from an early age. Naval career Byng joined the Royal Navy on 23 February 1778, embarking on the 74-gun ship of the line HMS ''Thunderer'' as a midshipman. ''Thunderer'' made up part of the fleet of Admiral Augustus Keppel, and on 27 July Byng saw his first action at the indecisive Battle of Us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 2nd Earl Of Strafford
George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, PC (8 June 1806 – 29 October 1886), styled Viscount Enfield between 1847 and 1860, of Wrotham Park in Middlesex (now Hertfordshire) and of 5 St James's Square, London, was a British peer and Whig politician. Origins Byng was the eldest son of Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772–1860) by his first wife, Mary Mackenzie. Military career In 1822, after graduating from the Royal Military College, Byng joined the 29th Regiment of Foot as an ensign by purchase. In 1825 he transferred to the 85th Regiment of Foot as a lieutenant and was promoted to captain in 1826, in which rank he served in the 60th Rifles. In 1837, after he had begun his political career, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the part-time Royal West Middlesex Militia. On the death of the regiment's colonel in 1844 Byng succeeded to the command. His eldest son, the Hon George Byng, was commissioned as his lt-col on 30 October 1853. He retired fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (9 September 1812 – 27 April 1884), was a British colonial administrator and courtier. Family Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768-1831).''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen. On 19 March 1833 he married Mary Anne, only daughter of Sir John Astley, 1st Baronet. Their only daughter, Frances Elizabeth, died on 2 September 1853. Lady Torrington died on 26 January 1885. Career In 1847 he was appointed Governor of Ceylon, a post he held until 1850. There he is known for his brutal suppression of the 1848 civil uprising, committing crimes against humanity, which led to his interdiction. He later served as a Permanent Lord-in-waiting to Albert, Prince Consort from 1853 to 1859 and to Queen Victoria from 1859 to 1884. He served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the West Kent Light Infantry Militia (later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 3rd Earl Of Strafford
George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford (22 February 1830 – 28 March 1898), styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician. Background and education Byng was the eldest son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford and his wife, Lady Agnes, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1852. Political career In 1852 Byng entered Parliament as Member of Parliament for Tavistock, a seat he held until 1857, when he became MP for Middlesex. He served under Lord Russell as Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board between 1865 and 1866 and under William Ewart Gladstone as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1871 and 1874.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, In 1874, Lord Enfield left the House of Commons when he was defeated at the general election, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington
George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (29 April 1841 – 20 October 1889), known as George Byng until 1884, was a British Conservative politician. Origins He was the son of Major the Hon. Robert Barlow Palmer Byng (third son of George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington), by his wife Elizabeth Maria Gwatkin, a daughter of Major-General Edward Gwatkin, a son of Robert Lovell Gwatkin. Career In 1884 he succeeded his uncle George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812-1884) in the viscountcy. In 1888 his uncle's companion, Andalusia Molesworth died. She left her fortune to Byng as she was estranged from her ex-husband's family. Byng served briefly as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from March to October 1889 in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury. Marriages and children He married twice: *Firstly in 1882 to Alice Arabella (d. 1883), a daughter of James Jameson. *Secondly in 1885 to Emmeline Seymour (d. June 1912), a daughter of Rev. Henry Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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