Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935), was a British Army officer who...
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George Byng may refer to: George Byng (c. 1556–1616), MP for Rochester George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), Royal Navy officer and statesman...
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Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) was a British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. After...
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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB, PC (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy...
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Admiral Byng may refer to: Admiral John Byng (1704–1757), British admiral, shot by sentence of a court martial Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington...
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Byng may refer to: Byng, Oklahoma, a small town in Pontotoc County Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District Manor of Byng, Suffolk, England...
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August 1718 between a fleet of the British Royal Navy under Admiral Sir George Byng and a fleet of the Spanish Navy under Rear-Admiral Antonio de Gaztañeta...
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George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, PC (8 June 1806 – 29 October 1886), styled Viscount Enfield between 1847 and 1860, of Wrotham Park in Middlesex...
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then transferred to the second-rate HMS Barfleur, flagship of Admiral George Byng, in October 1719. Anson was promoted to commander in June 1722 and given...
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Viscount Torrington (redirect from Baron Byng)
was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, 1st Baronet, along with the subsidiary title Baron Byng, of Southill in the County of Bedford, also...
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