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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB, PC (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer and statesman.
The soldier Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was the youngest son of the second Earl of Strafford. [1] Admiral the Hon. John Byng, who was controversially court-martialled and shot in 1757, was the fourth son of the first Viscount Torrington. He was the only British admiral ever executed after a court-martial.
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington. by Jeremiah Davison. circa 1730. 79 in. x 56 in. (2007 mm x 1422 mm) NPG 14. Inscription. Inscribed, lower right: George Byng Vict. Torrington. This portrait. On the post behind him to the left the carved arms of Torrington ( quarterly, sa. and arg., in the 1st quarter a lion, ramp. of the second ).
primary name: Byng, George other name: (Viscount) Torrington other name: Byng of Southill
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington. by Jeremiah Davison. oil on canvas, circa 1730. 79 in. x 56 in. (2007 mm x 1422 mm) Given by Hon. George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington, 1857. Primary Collection.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington (1664–1733). Byng entered the navy at 14 from a family in straitened circumstances. In 1688, while serving as a lieutenant in Dartmouth's fleet, he acted as intermediary with William of Orange and was rewarded with his own command.
George Byng (1663-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington. A three-quarter length portrait of George Byng facing to the left. He wears a breastplate, red velvet coat with gold buttons and a brown full bottom wig. His right hand rests on a stone plinth together with his baton, while his left hand holds the hilt of his sheathed sword.
