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George Byng
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Sir George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
Personal Details
| Date of Birth | 27 January 1664 | | Place of Birth | Wrotham, Kent | | Father's Name | John Byng | | Mother's Name | Philadelphia Johnson | | Married | Margaret Master (c. 1669 - 1 April 1756) on 5 March 1691 | | 1st Son | Pattee (1699-1747) | | 2nd Son | George (1701-1750) | | 3rd Son | John (29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) | | 4th Son | ? | | 5th Son | ? | | 6th Son | ? | | 7th Son | ? | | 8th Son | ? | | 9th Son | ? | | 10th Son | ? | | 11th Son | ? | | 1st Daughter | ? | | 2nd Daughter | ? | | 3rd Daughter | ? | | 4th Daughter | ? | | Date of Death | 17 January 1733 |
Naval Service Details
| Date | Ship | Notes | | 1678 | | (B051) | | 1681 | | Quit the sea to become a cadet in the grenadiers of the Tangiers garrison, later becoming an Ensign and then a Lieutenant. (B056) |
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Rear-Admiral of the Red
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Vice-Admiral of the Blue
| Date | Ship | Notes | | 18 January 1705 | | Appointed to command a squadron in the channel and off the coast of Ireland, taking the Thetis (44), 12 privateers and 7 merchantmen. (B051) | | January 1706 | Royal Anne | Hoisted his flag (B051) | | March 1706 | Royal Anne | Sailed with a squadron of 14 ship of the line and a convoy of merchantmen (B051) | | 11 April 1706 | Royal Anne | Arrived in Lisbon and sailed to join the Mediterranean fleet (B051) | | 1707 | Royal Anne | Acted as second in command of the Mediterranean fleet (B051) | | October 1707 | Royal Anne | Returned to England (B051) |
Admiral of the Blue
| Date | Ship | Notes | | 26 January 1708 | | Appointed (B051) | | 27 February 1708 | Swallow | Sailed from the Downs as commander of a fleet of 26 sail of the line (B051) | | 1709 | | Commander-in-Chief in the mediterranean (B051) | | 1715 | | Commander of a fleet to prevent supplies reaching the pretender in Scotland (B051) | | 1717 | | Commanded a squadron sent to the Baltic (B051) |
| Date | Ship | Notes | | 14 March 1718 | | Appointed | | 15 June 1718 | | Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, Sailed from Spithead with a fleet of 20 ships of the line (B051) | | 1 August 1718 | | Arrived in Naples (B051) |
Other Details
| 22 August 1704 | Knighted (B051) | | 8 November 1709 | Appointed as a commissioner of the Navy, until 19 January 1714 (B051) | | 14 October 1715 | Appointed as a commissioner of the Navy, until 10 October 1721 (B051) | | 15 November 1715 | Created 1st Baronet Byng, of Southhill (001) | | 1720 | Held the office of Rear-Admiral of Great Britain (001) | | 1720 | Held the office of Treasurer of the Navy (001) | | 3 January 1721 | Invested as a Privy Counsellor (001) | | 21 September 1721 | Created 1st Viscount Torrington (001) | | 21 September 1721 | Created 1st Baron Byng of Southhill (001) | | 1724 | Resigned the office of Treasurer of the Navy n favour of his son Pattee (B051) | | 1725 | Made Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | | 2 August 1727 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty |
Notes
| 001 | The Peerage | | B051 | Biographia Navalis | John Charnock | | B056 | Lives of the British Admirals | Dr. John Campbell |
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