George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (11 October 1740 – 14 December 1812) was an English
peer.
Early life
He was the eldest son and heir of
Major-General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750), by his wife Elizabeth Daniel. His paternal grandfather,
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Byng, KB, was created a
baronet
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in 1715 before being elevated to
the peerage
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as
Viscount Torrington in 1721, his family were formerly
seated at
Southill Park in
Bedfordshire
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. He was a great-uncle of the politician
Lord John Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 186 ...
and in 1847 his cousin,
Field Marshal Sir John Byng, GCB, was created
Earl of Strafford
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The first creation was in the Peerage of England in January 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, the 1st Viscount Wentworth, the clo ...
.
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.
Personal life
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,
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. ]Wilmington, Delaware
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: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 900 by whom he had seven children, three sons who all predeceased him, and four daughters:
* Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng (1760–1844), who married
Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford, in 1788.
* Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (1768–1801), who married
John Russell, later 6th
Duke of Bedford
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, in 1786.
* Hon. William Henry Byng (1769–1770), who died young, predeceasing his father.
* Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng (1773–1830), who married
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer.
Life
Early life
Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and Elizabeth Thy ...
, in 1794.
* Hon. William Henry Byng (1775–1792), who predeceased his father.
* Hon. George Byng (1777–1792), who predeceased his father.
* Hon. Emily Elizabeth Byng (1779–1824), who married Henry Seymour of Brighthelmston, Sussex, son of
Lord Robert Seymour, in 1801.
[''The Register of the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex: 1788-1809.'']
Lord Torrington died on 14 December 1812, and as he left no surviving male issue he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother
John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington, who died less than a month later.
See also
*
Viscount Torrington
References
External links
*
George Byng (1740–1812), 4th Viscount Torrington by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739–1808)at
ArtUK
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1740 births
1812 deaths
Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain
George
People from Southill, Bedfordshire