Rear-Admiral Sir George (1st Viscount Torrington) Byng, KB PC

1664 - 1733  (68 years)

• Name	George (1st Viscount Torrington) Byng
  Prefix	Rear-Admiral Sir
  Suffix	KB PC
  Birth	27 Jan 1664
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jan 1733
  Burial	Southill, co. Bedford
  Person ID	I76081	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014

  
  

  Children	1. Pattee (2nd Viscount Torrington) Byng,   b. Abt 1699   d. 23 Jan 1747 (Age 48 years)   2. George (3rd Viscount Torrington) Byng,   b. Abt 1701   d. 7 Apr 1750 (Age 49 years)   3. Adml Hon John Byng Byng,   b. 28 Oct 1704   d. 14 Mar 1757, Solent, England (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F27590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  A distinguished officer in the Royal Navy from 1678, when he joined as a volunteer aboard the Swallow, to 1717/8 when he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet; Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1698-1732/3 and Master 1711-13; Freeman of Portsmouth 1703; knighted 1704 after the Battle of Malaga; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Plymouth 1705-21; Burgess of Edinburgh 1707/8; a Lord of the Admiralty 1709-1713/4 and 1714-21 ; Treasurer of the Navy 1720-24; Rear-Admiral of Great Britain 1720-32/3; Privy Councillor 1720/1; Knight of the Bath 1725; First Lord of the Admiralty 1727-32/3; a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital