George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington

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Royal Navy admiral (1663-1733)

PoliticiansLived 1663 to 1733 · aged 69

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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Plymouth in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1721.

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HMS Britannia, which Byng commanded as Edward Russell's flag captain

The Battle of Cape Passaro at which Byng commanded the British fleet

c. 1700 portrait of Byng by Godfrey Kneller

Southill Park, Byng's country house in Bedfordshire

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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SpouseMargaret Master

MotherPhiladelphia Johnson

ChildPattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington

ChildGeorge Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington

Politicians born in the 1660s 6

Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield48.0

James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury47.5

Count Wirich Philipp von Daun48.1

Anikita Repnin47.5

Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov48.1

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon47.2

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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Plymouth in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1721. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains to William of Orange, who had just landed at Torbay, assuring the Prince of the captains' support; the Prince gave Byng a response which ultimately led to the Royal Navy switching allegiance to the Prince and the Glorious Revolution of November 1688.