George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (11 October 1740 – 14 December 1812) was an English peer.
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701-1750) by his wife Elizabeth Daniel.[1][2]
Career
He inherited the Torrington viscountcy on the death of his father in 1750. He sold his paternal estate at Southill Park in Bedfordshire.
Marriage & progeny
On 20 July 1765 he married Lucy Boyle (1744–1792), a daughter of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork by his wife Margaret Hamilton,[3] by whom he had seven children,[4] three sons who all predeceased him, and four daughters:
Sons
- William Henry Byng (27 November 1769 – 23 November 1770), predeceased his father.
- William Henry Byng (baptized 4 June 1775 – 1792), predeceased his father.
- George Byng (baptized 24 March 1777 – 13 October 1792)[5]), predeceased his father.
Daughters
- Lucy Elizabeth Byng (17 October 1760 – 20 September 1844), who married Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford, 29 May 1788.
- Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (1768 – 11 October 1801), who married John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford, 1786.
- Isabella Elizabeth Byng (21 September 1773 – 1 May 1830), who married Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, 14 April 1794.
- Emily Byng (1779 – 3 September 1824), who married the Hon. Henry Seymour of Brighthelmston, Sussex, 1 July 1801.[6]
Death & succession
He died on 14 December 1812, and as he left no surviving male issue he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1743-1813), who died one year later.
See also
References
- ↑
- ↑ The Peerage #19704
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 900
- ↑ Byng, John. The Torrington Diaries. C.B. Andrew, editor. 4 vols. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934-8, volume 1, opposite page 382. Baptism dates drawn from the Southill Parish record book, available at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, Bedford, England, UK.
- ↑ Gentleman's Magazine 62, 5 (November 1792), 1055
- ↑ The Register of the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex: 1788-1809.
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| Preceded by Alleyne FitzHerbert |
British Minister in Brussels 1783–1792 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by George Byng |
Viscount Torrington 1750–1812 |
Succeeded by John Byng |