Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington


The Viscount Torrington

Pattee Byng by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Born25 May 1699
Wrotham, Kent, England
Died23 January 1747 (1747-01-24) (aged 47)
Southill, Bedfordshire, England
AllegianceKingdom of England Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branchArmy
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Horse Guards
RelationsAdmiral John Byng (brother)
John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (great-nephew)
Arms of Byng: Quarterly sable and argent in the first quarter a lion rampant of the second

Captain Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington,[1] PC (25 May 1699 – 23 January 1747), was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1723 to 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Torrington. His career included service as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard during the reign of King George II.

  1. ^ "Torrington, Viscount (GB, 1721)". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

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