Family and Education
b. 8 June 1806, 1st s. of Sir John Byng* and 1st w. Mary Stevens, da. and coh. of Peter Mackenzie of Grove House, Twickenham. educ. R. Mil. Coll. m. (1) 7 Mar. 1829, Lady Agnes Paget (d. 9 Oct. 1845), da. of Henry William Paget†, 1st mq. of Anglesey, 3s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 16 Mar. 1848, Harriet Elizabeth, da. of Charles Compton Cavendish*, 4s. 3da. styled. Visct. Enfield 1847-60; summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Strafford 8 Apr. 1853; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Strafford 3 June 1860. d. 29 Oct. 1886.
Offices Held
Ensign 29 Ft. 1822, lt. 1825; capt. Rifle Brigade 1826; capt. 47 Ft. 1830, half-pay 1833, ret. 1835.
Comptroller of household of ld. lt. [I] 1831; ld. of treasury June – Nov. 1834; comptroller of household May 1835 – June 1841; PC 27 May 1835; treas. of household June – Sept. 1841; jt.-sec. to bd. of control July 1846 – Nov. 1847.
Lt.-col. R. West Mdx. militia 1837, col. 1844.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: 88 Eaton Square, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BYNG, George Stevens (1806-1886)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion