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Hace 4 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 2 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 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 1 día · Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883—1963), Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1941-1946) Major-General Clifton Edward Rawdon Grant Alban (1889—1964), Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the King; General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724—1772), Colonel of the 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
Hace 2 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: 24 June, 2024. See Author's Response. The people of early modern England loved a good conspiracy theory.
Hace 1 día · Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
Hace 2 días · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
