BYNG, Sir George (1663-1733), of Southill, Beds.

Family and Education

b. 27 Jan. 1663, 1st s. of John Byng of Wrotham, Kent by Philadelphia Johnson of Loans, Surr. m. 5 Mar. 1691, Margaret, da. of James Master of East Langdon, Kent, 11s. (6 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1683. Kntd. 22 Oct. 1704; cr. Bt. 15 Nov. 1715, Visct. Torrington 21 Sept. 1721; KB 27 May 1725. Navy Recs. Soc. lxvii. pp. xv–xvi; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl Soc. xxxi), 175; IGI, London.

Offices Held

Ent. RN May 1678, lt. 1683, capt. 1687, r.-adm. 1703, v.-adm. 1706, adm. 1708, r.-adm. of G. Britain 1720, adm. of Eng. 1727–d.; cadet, grenadiers at Tangier May 1681; ensign 4 Ft. 1681, lt. 1683, capt. of grenadiers 1688; lt. horse gds. 1690–92; muster master of marines, 1698–9; special envoy to Dey of Algiers, 1703, plenip. to Fez of Morocco 1718, Italian states 1718–20; ld. of Admiralty Nov. 1709–Jan. 1714, Oct. 1714–Sept. 1721, 1st ld. 1727–d.; treasurer of navy Oct. 1720–Apr. 1724; PC 3 Jan. 1721–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. xiv. 287.

Commr. registry of seamen 1696–9, claims for coronation of Geo. II 1727, Greenwich Hosp.; er. bro. Trinity House 1698–d., master 1711–13; freeman, Portsmouth 1703, Kinsale 1705, Edinburgh 1708. W. R. Chaplin, Trinity House, 16, 188; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 373; Kinsale Corp. Council Bk. ed. Caulfield, 208; Boyer, Anne Annals, vii. 41.

Parlimentarian

BYNG, Sir George (1664-1733), of Southill, Beds.

Main residence: Southill, Beds.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BYNG, Sir George (1663-1733)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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