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Byng, George, 1764-1847
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1764-1847
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BYNG, GEORGE, eldest son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 17 May 1764; adm. 2 May 1773; left Aug 1780; Lieut. in Army 17 Nov 1780; Lieut., 49th Foot, 27 Mar 1781; Capt., 103rd Foot 24 Aug 1782; half-pay 1783; MP Newport (IOW) 28 Jan 1790-90, Middlesex from 1790; Father of the House of Commons from 1832; a staunch and highly respected Whig politician; his uninterrupted representation of Middlesex for fifty years was celebrated by a public dinner at Drury Lane Theatre, 10 Mar 1840; m. 26 Jun 1797 Harriet, eighth dau. of Sir William Montgomery, Bart., MP (I); d. 10 Jan 1847.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.