George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington
Governor of British Ceylon | |
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| In office 29 May 1847 – 8 October 1850 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | James Emerson Tennent (Acting governor) |
| Succeeded by | Charles Justin MacCarthy (Acting governor) |
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| Born | 9 September 1812 |
| Died | 27 April 1884 (aged 71) |
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (9 September 1812 – 27 April 1884), was a British colonial administrator and courtier.
Family
Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768-1831).[1]
He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen. On 19 March 1833 he married Mary Anne, only daughter of Sir John Astley, 1st Baronet. Their only daughter, Frances Elizabeth, died on 2 September 1853. Lady Torrington died on 26 January 1885.[1]
Career
In 1847 he was appointed
He served as
He was the companion of Andalusia Molesworth after she became a widow. When she died she left her fortune to Byng's nephew and heir as she was estranged from her ex-husband's family.[4]
Death and burial
He died on 27 April 1884,
Succession
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his nephew George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Army List, various dates.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47908. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Arrangements for this day". The Morning Post. No. 34901. 2 May 1884. p. 5.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- www.thepeerage.com
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