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Byng, Oklahoma Byng is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,175 at the 2010 census. History The beginnings of the town of Byng were established in 1917 with the building of a post office and power plant (about five miles nor ...

, a small town in Pontotoc County * Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District *

Manor of Byng The Manor of Byng is a former manorial estate located in the county of Suffolk, UK. The manor house is the 16th-century Byng Hall. The manor is located within the area known as Pettistree, near Ufford. The manor includes Byng Hall Lane, Byng Lan ...

, Suffolk, England

People

* John Byng (disambiguation), several people with the same name, including: ** John Byng (1704–1757), British admiral, sentenced to death by court martial and shot * George Byng (disambiguation), one of several Viscounts Torrington, most notably: **

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 t ...

(1668–1733), British Admiral and statesman *

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935) was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation. Known to friends as "Bung ...

(1862–1935), British general during World War I, later Governor General of Canada and involved in the King-Byng constitutional crisis * Several

Earls of Strafford Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in January 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I. He had already succe ...

, including: **

Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (27 January 1862 – 24 December 1951), styled Viscount Enfield between 1899 and 1918, of Wrotham Park in the parish of South Mimms, Middlesex (later in Hertfordshire) and 5, St James's Square, London, ...

(1861–1951), president of Middlesex County Cricket Club *

Georgia Byng Georgia Byng (born 6 September 1965) is a British children's writer, educator, illustrator, actress and film producer. Since 1995 she has published thirteen children’s books, and co-written and co-produced one film. Byng has won The Stockton Ch ...

(born 1965), British author of children's books *

James Byng James Byng (born 1985) is an English actor and vocalist. Acting since the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of ''Oliver!'' at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the national tour of ''Oliver!'' and at ...

(born 1985), British actor * James W. Byng, British botanist * Jamie Byng (born 1969), Canongate Books publisher *

Thomas Byng Thomas Byng (or Bynge) (died 1599) was an English academic and lawyer, Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge from 1571. Life He matriculated as a sizar at Peterhouse in May 1552, and proceeded B.A. in 1556. He was admitted fellow of his college 7 Febr ...

(died 1599), English academic and lawyer

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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of ...

for sportsmanship in the National Hockey League *

Lord Byng Secondary School Lord Byng Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school opened in 1925 and was named in honour of The Lord Byng of Vimy, a hero of Vim ...

, Vancouver

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