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Hace 5 días · Royal Navy admiral (1663-1733) Adm. Sir George 1st Viscount Torrington Byng RN MP aka Bing (27 Jan 1663 - 17 Jan 1733)
Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC (27 January 1663[1] – 17 January 1733) was a British naval officer and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His career included service as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II. Byng was born at Wrotham, Kent, England.[1] In 1678, he entered the Royal Navy as a King's Letter Boy.[1] He ...
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George Byng (1663-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington RMG BHC2589.tiff 5,858 × 7,200; 120.67 MB The bay of Naples with the British fleet at anchor, 1 August Wellcome V0017601.jpg 4,074 × 1,720; 2.9 MB View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718 RMG BHC0349.tiff 5,704 × 2,473; 40.36 MB
George Byng, 1. Viscount Torrington, Gemälde von John Faber, 1733. George Byng, 1. Viscount Torrington KB PC (* 27. Januar 1663 in Wrotham, Kent; † 17. Januar 1733 in London) war ein britischer Admiral und Seeheld. Leben. Byng trat mit 10 Jahren in die Royal Navy ein. Fünf Jahre später war er bereits Lieutenant.
TORRINGTON, GEORGE BYNG, Viscount (1663–1733), English admiral, was born at Wrotham, Kent. His father, John Byng, was compelled by pecuniary losses to sell his property and his son entered the navy as a king’s letter boy (see Navy ) in 1678. He served in a ship stationed at Tangier, and for a time left the navy to enter one of the regiments ...
George Byng (1666–1733), who captured Gibraltar in 1704 and destroyed the Spanish fleet, was made Viscount Torrington in 1721. His son, John Byng, failed to lift the French siege of Minorca in 1756 and in consequence was executed for neglect of duty, amid a storm of controversy.
