BYRCHE, WILLIAM, third son of Thomas Byrche, Leacroft, Staffs., and Anne, dau. of Thomas Fisher, Walsh Hall, Warwicks.; b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1706, adm. pens. 28 May 1706, aged 18, scholar 25 Apr 1707, matr. 1709; BA 1709/10; MA 1713 (incorp. Oxford); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1712, Major Fellow 1 May 1713; ordained deacon 1 Mar 1712/3, priest 31 May 1713 (both Ely); Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury 1717-9; LLD Lambeth 1720; Rector of Monk’s Eleigh, Suffolk 1717-9; Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1717-9; Chancellor of Worcester from 1719; Rector of Fladbury, Worcs., from 9 Nov 1719; Vicar of Evesham, Worcs., 1724; Vicar of Blockley, Worcs., 27 Oct 1727 (dispensation to hold with Fladbury, 1727); Prebendary of Worcester from 31 Oct 1727; m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Savage, Elmley Castle, Worcs.; d. 1 [or 3 ?] Feb 1741/2.

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)].

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, 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, GEORGE, eldest son of Hon. Robert Byng MP, Commissioner of the Navy, subsequently Governor of Barbados, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Forward, St. Mary at Hill, London, contractor of transports; b.; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1742/3 (Watts'); KS 1749; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1753, but was never adm.; Ensign, 24th Foot, 1753; Lieut., 1756; Capt., 83rd Foot, 21 Oct 1758; 24th Foot, 1760; Maj., commanding 99th Foot, 1761; left Army 1773 (?); adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Jul 1765; MP Wigan 1768-80, Middlesex 1780-4; an active Whig politician; of Wrotham Park, South Mimms, Middlesex; m. 5 Mar 1761 Anne, sister of Thomas Conolly (qv); d. 27 Oct 1789.

BYNE (or BYNNE), EDMUND, elder son of Sir John Byn (n)e, Kt., Rowdell, Washington, Sussex, and Audrey, dau. of Richard Weaver, Lingfield, Sussex; bapt. 2 Sep 1602; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Churtch, Oxford 1621, matr. 29 Nov 1621, aged 19, but apparently a gentleman commoner at Ch. Ch. rather than a Westminster Student; succ. father at Rowdell 1640/1; m. 26 Oct 1631 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Goring MP, Highden, Washington, Sussex; buried 22 Oct 1646.

Byham, George Richard Garth, son of William Louis Byham, L. R. C. S., of Sunbury-on­ Thames, Middlesex, by Grace Violet Durham, daughter of John Hudson Lamb, of Hampton, Middlesex; b. April 16, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (A); left Easter 1914; enlisted in the 5th Batt. London Regt.; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. (T. F.) March 20, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1916; Capt. Sept. 11, 1916; served in France 1914-7; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 1917; wounded Aug. 16, 1917; M.C. Oct. 18, 1917; Capt. R. A. O. C. Dec. 1, 1939; Major 1941; T. D. 1946; m. March 19, 1926, Gladys Wilhelmina, daughter of William Nicholson, of Theydon Bois, Essex; d. 11 Dec. 1981.

Byers, Charles Frank, Baron Byers, son of Charles Cecil Byers, dir. United Molasses Ltd, of Potters Bar, Middx, and Florence May, d. of James Fairclough of Northenden, Cheshire; b. 24 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, ran against Cambridge in the relay races 1935, in the Univ. Sports 1936-7; BA 1938, MA 1946; RA 1940-5 (Lieut-Col.); GSOI Eighth Army; despatches Feb. 1943, July 1944 and May 1945; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre (palmes); MP (L) N. Dorset 1945-50; Lib. Chief Whip 1946-50; exec. dir. RTZ Corpn 1951-73; Vice-Pres. Liberal Party 1954-65, Chair­man 1965-7; created Baron Byers (Life Peer) 1964; FBIM 1965; Lib. Leader House of Lords 1967-84; PC 1972; DL (Surrey) 1974; m. 1939 Joan Elizabeth, d. of William Oliver of Golders Green; d. 6 Feb. 1984.

BYERLEY, PHILIP, brother of Robert Byerley (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 21 Jul 1704 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1718; KS 1719; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1723, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1723, scholar 17 Apr 1724, matr. 1724; BA 1726/7; adm. Inner Temple 1722; of Goldsborough, Yorks.; “was a very pretty gentleman . . . but did not make that figure that he might otherwise have done” (Works of Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol, 1787, i, 26); d. 20 Jan 1734.

Byard, Paul Spencer, son of Dever Spencer Byard, lawyer, of New York, and Margaret, d. of John Mather of Glasgow; b. 30 Aug. 1939; adm. from Milton Acad., MA, USA, May 1956 (QS); left July 1956; Yale Univ, CT, USA; Clare Coll. Camb., BA 1963, MA 1968; Harvard Law Sch., MA, USA; Grad. Sch. Architecture, Columbia Univ., New York, USA; architect, James Stewart Polshek & Associates 1977-89, partner 1981-9; partner, Charles A. Platt Partners 1989- (Platt Byard Dovell White 2007-); pres. Architectural League of New York 1989-94; a specialist in the renovation of historic buildings in New York City; m. 1965 Rosalie Starr Warren; d. 15 July 2008.