Arms of the Viscounts Torrington.
Viscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It
was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, along with the subsidiary title of
Baron Byng, of Southill in the County of Bedford, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. He had already been created a
Baronet, of Wrotham in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of Great
Britain in 1715.
His eldest son, the second Viscount, represented Plymouth and
Bedfordshire in the House of Commons and later served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1746 to
1747. His younger brother, the third Viscount, was a Major-General in the Army. His grandson, the sixth Viscount, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. His son, the seventh Viscount, served
as Governor of Ceylon between 1847 and 1850.
On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the eighth Viscount, the son of Hon. Robert Barlow Palmer Byng, third son of the
sixth Viscount. He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Viscount. However, this line of the family failed on his death in
1944 and the titles passed to the late Viscount's first cousin, the tenth Viscount. As of
2007 the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded on his
grandfather's death in 1961.
Admiral Hon. John Byng, who was court-martialled and shot in 1757, was the third son of the first Viscount Torrington. Another member of the Byng family was the soldier
John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford. He was the grandson of Hon. Robert
Byng, third son of the first Viscount. Also, the soldier Julian Hedworth
George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was the youngest son of the second Earl of Strafford.
The family seat is Great Hunts Place, near Winchester,
Hampshire.
Viscounts Torrington (1721)
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733)
- Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699–1747)
- George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750)
- George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740–1812)
- John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1742–1813)
- George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831)
- George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812–1884)
- George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (1841–1889)
- George Master Byng, 9th Viscount Torrington (1886–1944)
- Arthur Stanley Byng, 10th Viscount Torrington (1876–1961)
- Timothy Howard St George Byng, 11th Viscount Torrington (b. 1943)
The Heir Presumptive is the present holder's fifth cousin Colin Hugh Byng (b.
1960), who lives in Toronto. He is the great-great-great-grandson of Vice-Admiral Hon. Henry Dilkes
Byng, fourth son of the fifth Viscount.
The Heir Presumptive's Heir Apparent is his son eldest John Nicolas Byng (b.
1990)
See also
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's
Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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