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Hace 5 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 4 días · Two, both on the riverside, were inherited by Elizabeth Byng, wife of the Hon. Robert Byng — the third son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington — from her father, Jonathan Forward, a contractor of transports, who had bought them in 1754.
Hace 3 días · The same year Thomas Newport, second son of the Earl of Bradford, was created Baron Torrington: he died in 1719 without issue; and in 1720 Sir George Byng was created Viscount Torrington, which title is still enjoyed by his descendant.
23 de may. de 2024 · Set in the heart of a sprawling 2,500-acre estate, Wrotham Park fits the series’ narrative like a glove. Built in 1754 for Admiral John Byng, the fourth son of Admiral George Byng (the 1st Viscount of Torrington), the estate is one of the largest private houses near London inside the M25 motorway.
Hace 2 días · John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title 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 1866. The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was educated ...
Hace 2 días · Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy (born Sept. 11, 1862, Wrotham Park, Middlesex, Eng.—died June 6, 1935, Thorpe Hall, Essex) was a British field marshal and a commander in World War I. A career soldier from 1883, Byng was promoted to major general in 1909.
Hace 6 días · George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington: 1724–1734: Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington: 1734–1742: Arthur Onslow: 1742: Thomas Clutterbuck: 1742–1743: Sir Charles Wager: 1743–1744: Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet: 1744–1749: George Bubb Dodington: 1749–1754: Henry Legge: 1754–1756: George Grenville: 1756: George Bubb ...
