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Member of the Royal Victorian Order. Mentioned in Despatches (8) Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (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 "Bungo", Byng was born to ...
15 de sept. de 2021 · Byng’s heir was his younger brother, Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772–1860), whose wife Mary was the daughter of Peter Mackenzie of Grove House, Twickenham and owner of Harmony Hall, Jamaica (Vere), which appeared to have come to him by marriage.
Byng crowned his career in 1718 when he won a notable victory over a Spanish fleet off Cape Passaro, when 16 ships were taken and seven burned. The painting was started in 1707 and finished in 1709. It is signed twice ‘G.Kneller f’ and inscribed ‘Sr george Byng, Admiral of the White’ ; altered from ‘Vice Admiral of the Blue’.
Georg Byng starb am 17. Januar 1733 in London. Er hatte insgesamt 15 Kinder, davon elf Söhne. Sein drittältester Sohn John Byng war ebenfalls Admiral und wurde nach einem bis heute kontrovers beurteilten kriegsgerichtlichen Verfahren standrechtlich erschossen. Literatur. John Knox Laughton: Byng, George.
George Byng, VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, ADMIRAL, Was the eldest son of John Byng, Esq., of Wrotham Court, where he was born Jan. 27, 1683. At the age of fifteen he went to sea as a volunteer. After several promotions, he was in 1702 raised to the command of the Nassau, and was present at the taking and burning of the French fleet in Vigo Bay.
George Byng. George Byng ("Byng-Go", Richard Dighton, 1820) 1820'de Wrotham Parkı. Solda: Wentworth House, 5, St James's Square, Londra, 1748-51 yılları arasında Strafford 2. Kontu William Wentworth (1722-1791) tarafından Matthew Brettingham The Elder'ın tasarımıyla inşa edilen şehir evi [1]
Captain Byng succeeded to the title on the demise of his father, Jan. 8, 1813. That nobleman had survived his brother, George, the fourth Viscount, only 14 days. The Warrior was principally employed in the Baltic and North Seas, under the Admirals Young, Foley, and Hope, by whom our officer’s conduct on all occasions, was most warmly approved ...
