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George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington. Arms of Byng: Quarterly sable and argent in the first quarter a lion rampant of the second. 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. [2]
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington. primary name: primary name: Byng, George. other name: other name: (Viscount) Torrington. other name: other name: Byng of Southill. Details. individual; military/naval; British; Male. Life dates. 1663-1733. Biography.
Overview. George Byng. (1663—1733) naval officer. Quick Reference. (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 ... From: Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington in The Oxford Companion to British History »
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.
Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington was born at Wrotham, Kent, England in 1668. He first entered the Royal Navy at the age of 10, in 1678. In 1688 he played a key role in convincing the Navy to support William III, Prince of Orange, in the Glorious Revolution.
