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BYNG, GEORGE, 4TH VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, elder son of George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington, Major-Gen. in the Army, and Elizabeth, dau. of Lionel Daniel; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1754; succ. father as 4th Viscount Torrington, 17 Apr 1750; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 Oct 1757, matr. 1757; MA 1759; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, 31 Jul 1782 - Jun 1792; m. 10 Jul 1765 Lady Lucy Boyle, only dau. of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery (qv); d. 14 Dec 1812.

BYNG, HON. GEORGE, son of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv); b.; adm. 14 Jun 1784; Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth, adm. 28 May 1789, aged 13; entered Royal Navy; d. on board HMS Aquilon, while on the Mediterranean station, 13 Oct 1792, aged 15.

BYNG, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF STRAFFORD, fourth son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 1772; adm. 20 Sep 1786; Ensign, 33rd Foot, 30 Sep 1793; Lieut., 1 Dec 1793; Capt., 24 May 1794; Maj., 60th Foot, 28 Dec 1799; Lieut. -Col., 29th Foot, 14 Mar 1800; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards, 4 Aug 1804; Col. in the Army 25 Jul 1810; Brig. -Gen. in Sep 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Col., 2nd West India Regt., 26 Jul 1822 – Jan 1828; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 29th Foot, 23 Jan 1828 – Aug 1850; Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 2nd Foot Guards, from 15 Aug 1850; Field-Marshal, 2 Oct 1855; served in Flanders 1793-5, Ireland 1798, on the Copenhagen expedition 1807, the Walcheren expedition 1809, the Peninsular War, and at Waterloo, where he commanded the 2nd Brigade, 1st Guards Division; twice received thanks for his services from both Houses of Parliament; KCB 12 Apr 1815; GCH 1826; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1828-31; PC (I) 15 Jul 1828; GCB 20 Jul 1831; MP (Whig) Poole 1831 - May 1835; created Baron Strafford 12 May 1835; acted as Whig whip in House of Lords c. 1835 - Nov 1850; created Earl of Strafford 18 Sep 1847; m. 1st, 14 Jun 1804 Mary Stevens, eldest dau. of Peter Mackenzie, Grove House, Twickenham, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 9 May 1808 Mary Anne, second dau. of Sir Walter James, Bart.; d. 3 Jun 1860. DNB.

BYNG, JOHN, 5TH VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, brother of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv); b. 11 Oct 1742; at school under Markham (list of noblemen educated at the School preserved in Chapter Muniments); Page of Honour to King George II 25 Jan 1753 - Mar 1760; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 11 Jan 1760; Capt., 58th Foot, 29 Feb 1762; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 11 Aug 1762; Capt. -Lieut., 19 Feb 1776; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 26 Apr 1776; retd. 18 May 1780; a Commissioner of Stamps, 1 Jun 1782-99; succeeded his brother as 5th Viscount Torrington 14 Dec 1812; his travel diaries for the years 1781-94 have been published as The Torrington Diaries, 4 vols.; m. 16 Mar 1767 Bridget, dau. of Commodore Arthur Forrest, Royal Navy, sometime Commander in Chief, Jamaica station; d. 1 Jan 1813. DNB Missing Persons.

BYNG, JOHN, brother of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Hawkins'); left 1749; Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 28 Oct 1757; MA 1760; adm. Grays Inn 6 Apr 1763; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; d. at Bologna, Italy 16 Jun [or 24 May] 1764.

BYNG, ROBERT, brother of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 26 Sep 1737; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1746/7; in school list 1752; smothered in the Black Hole at Calcutta, 20 Jun 1756.

BYNG, ROBERT, third son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 21 Dec 1773 (IGI); adm. 7 Jul 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1792, aged 18; d. 1829.

BYNG, WILLIAM, second son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 5 Oct 1770 (IGI); adm. 5 Jul 1779; left Dec 1780.

BYNNES, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1675; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; DD 1703; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1680- c. 1701, Tutor 1683-90; University Lecturer in Rhetoric 1683; ordained; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1689; Vicar of Cheadle, Staffs., 1698; Rector of St. Mary’s, Stafford (disp. to hold with V. Cheadle, 1703/4); Prebendary of Lichfield from 11 Sep 1711; m. Elizabeth, sister of Brook Bridges (qv); d. 1713 (will proved PCC 16 Sep 1713, surname given as Bynns)].