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Hace 1 día · 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 5 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 3 días · Sir William Smith presented in 1738 and 1739 and Smith King in 1770, whilst in 1787 the advowson belonged to George Byng, fourth Lord Torrington, who sold it in 1795 to Samuel Whitbread (who consolidated the vicarage of Old Warden with that of Southill).
Hace 3 días · The Right Honourable Samuel Lord Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley) (1724-1816) had known Bligh. He had already been C.-in-C. Portsmouth and given Bligh his sailing orders in 1787. 12 December 1724: Born in Butleigh, Somerset, to Vicar Samuel Hood and his wife Mary.
Hace 1 día · 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 · George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade Don Yeager 1st Ed*SPF**. For sale is George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager. The book is a 1st Edition Hardcover in excellent condition and contains 235 pages. The Spy Ring that saved the American Revolution.
Hace 4 días · The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's son James, Earl of Wessex faces important year. Prince Edward and Sophie's son James was previously Viscount Severn.
