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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 · 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.
17 de jul. 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 6 horas · Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German -born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". His style is similar to Diseuse or Kabarett, which was popular in Western Germany during the 1920s and '30s.
3 de jul. de 2024 · Bernard, probably a son of Thomas, alienated the manor in 1725 to Sir George Byng, Lord Torrington, whose grandson George was holding it in 1762. After that date there is no trace of the manorial rights, which probably lapsed, but the manorhouse still exists, and is known as Faldo Farm. Aprice. Sable three roses argent. Byng.
29 de jun. de 2024 · John Byng, later Viscount Torrington, ever a caustic commentator, thought “the Lovers Leap is well rail’d; so that none but the very desponding would take it; I have never heard that it was attempted: the first leap would cure the most heart-felt pangs.” .
