Lord George Byng (d.1831)

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Lord George Byng (6th Viscount Torrington)

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service25.5.1789CSORN
FatherJohn Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1743-1813)E-WIKI
MotherBridget ForrestE-WIKI
WifeElizabeth Langmead (d.1810) - Married 8.2.1793E-WIKI
WifeFrances Harriet Barlow (d.1868) - Married 5.10.1811E-WIKI
SonGeorge, 7th Viscount (1812-1884)E-WIKI
DaughterHilare Caroline [Hall] (1815-1889)E-WIKI
Grandfather
Arthur ForrestBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1744
E-WIKI
Brother
Henry Dilkes ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1846
NBD1849
Last Known Service22.7.1830CSORN
Date of Death18.6.1831CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
25.5.17891790
Royal Naval Academy 1733-1837
British Shore Unknown
1806 Renamed "Royal Navy College"
, Scholar, ADM 6/23/527		ADM 6/23
21.9.1790 LieutenantADM 6/24
21.9.17901.10.1790
Helena (14) 1779-1796
British 14 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, ADM 6/24/69		ADM 6/24
28.3.179120.9.1791
Illustrious (74) 1789-1795
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant, ADM 6/24/112		ADM 6/24
21.9.179115.10.1791
Quebec (32) 1781-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant, ADM 6/24/137		ADM 6/24
16.10.1791 
Druid (32) 1783-1813
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, First Lieutenant, ADM 6/24/140		ADM 6/24
24.10.1794 CommanderADM 6/25
24.10.179418.6.1795
Ferret (14) 1784-1801
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/99		BWAS-1714
18.6.1795 CaptainCSORN
7.179511.1795
Redoubt (20) 1793-1802
British 20 Gun
Unrated Floating Battery
, Unknown, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
10.17954.1797
Mercury (28) 1779-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
7.17974.1801
Galatea (32) 1794-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
3.18039.1804
Texel (68) 1799-1818
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
7.18041805
Malabar (56) 1804-1853
British 56 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Coromandel"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
3.18058.1811
Belliqueux (64) 1780-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
10.18119.1814
Warrior (74) 1781-1857
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
8.1.1813 Appointed 6th Viscount TorringtonE-WIKI
4.6.1814 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
12.8.1819 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
19.7.1821 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
27.5.1825 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
22.7.1830 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
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Posted by jude de angulo on Thursday 9th of March 2023 00:41

Byng, before his posting to the Redoubt had also been commander of the HMS Artois (1794) during 1795 when her regular captain Sir Edmund Nagle was ashore on personal business ( Nagle was the nephew and ward of the Rt Hon Edmund Burke and was often assisting Burke with the French Emigres, especially dealing with the needs of le Comte d'Artois and others at the Penn School in Beaconsfield).

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