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Hace 3 días · George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, was born in 1663. His career at first wavered between the army and the navy, and he actually held commissions in both services. In 1688 he was entrusted with the task of canvassing the navy captains in the interests of the Prince of Orange, and obtained the latter's goodwill.
Hace 3 días · George Byng, esq. his eldest son, by his first wife, succeeded him in this manor, and was of Wrotham. He demised it in lease, for the term of ninety-nine years, to Sir Robert Darell, of Calehill, in trust for particular uses, and died possessed of the fee of it in 1616.
Hace 1 día · Russell was born on 18 August 1792 into the highest echelons of the British aristocracy, being the third son of John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford, and Georgiana Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington.
Hace 5 días · Thomas Corbett, of the family of Corbet of Moreton Corbet, accompanied Sir George Byng, Viscount Torrington, as secretary on the latter's expedition to Sicily in 1718–20, and afterwards published an account of it. In 1723 he was appointed chief clerk of the Admiralty, and gradually rose in position, becoming senior secretary in 1742.
Hace 3 días · Dr David Coast. Bath Spa University. Citation: Dr David Coast, review of The Murder of King James I, (review no. 1963) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1963. Date accessed: 15 June, 2024. See Author's Response. The people of early modern England loved a good conspiracy theory.
Hace 5 días · Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (born 1687, Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, Eng.—died June 17, 1740, Wells, Somerset) was an English Tory politician, a close associate of Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.
Hace 1 día · King George VI succeeded to the British throne following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII after less than a year on the throne. He was the second son and preferred heir of his father King George V. The George VI issue shows the king in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet.
