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George Byng, 1. Viscount Torrington, Gemälde von John Faber, 1733. George Byng, 1. Viscount Torrington KB PC (* 27. Januar 1663 in Wrotham, Kent; † 17. Januar 1733 in London) war ein britischer Admiral und Seeheld. Leben. Byng trat mit 10 Jahren in die Royal Navy ein. Fünf Jahre später war er bereits Lieutenant.
George Byng (1663-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington RMG BHC2589.tiff 5,858 × 7,200; 120.67 MB The bay of Naples with the British fleet at anchor, 1 August Wellcome V0017601.jpg 4,074 × 1,720; 2.9 MB View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718 RMG BHC0349.tiff 5,704 × 2,473; 40.36 MB
George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington. Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington DCL FRS (5 January 1768–18 June 1831), Royal Navy, commanded HMS Cumberland, the ship which returned King William I to the Netherlands from his exile in London, [1] for which service he was appointed by the king to the Military Order of William .
1 Presumably the ‘full length Portrait of … the first Viscount Torrington, in his Robes - Sir Godfrey Kneller’ listed at Yotes Court in Neale, Seats, II, IV, 1828, no.19. The Byngs had inherited Yotes in 1791 from the Master family (the 1st Viscount had married Margaret Master), remaining there until 1948 (see Country Life , CXXXV, 25 June 1968, p 1651).
George Byng, VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, ADMIRAL, Was the eldest son of John Byng, Esq., of Wrotham Court, where he was born Jan. 27, 1683. At the age of fifteen he went to sea as a volunteer. After several promotions, he was in 1702 raised to the command of the Nassau, and was present at the taking and burning of the French fleet in Vigo Bay.
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (11 October 1740 – 14 December 1812) was an English peer. Early life [ edit ] He was the eldest son and heir of Major-General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750), by his wife Elizabeth Daniel.
He was the 2nd surviving son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire. Career Southill Park, Bedfordshire. He succeeded his childless elder brother Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699–1747) to the viscountcy and the family seat at Southill Park in Bedfordshire.
