George Byng (1735–1789)

George Byng (1735 – 27 October 1789) of Wrotham Park in Middlesex (now in Hertfordshire), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784.

Arms of Byng: Quarterly sable and argent in the first quarter a lion rampant of the second

Origins

He was the eldest son of Robert Byng (1703-1740), Governor of Barbados, by his wife Elizabeth Forward, a daughter and co-heiress of Jonathan Forward. He was a grandson of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733) of Southill Park in Bedfordshire.

Career

He inherited the estate of Wrotham Park from his unmarried and childless uncle Admiral John Byng (1704-1757), famously court-martialled and shot in 1757 following the fall of Minorca. At the 1768 general election Byng was elected as a Member of Parliament for Wigan. He was returned unopposed for Wigan in 1774. He was returned unopposed as MP for Middlesex at the 1780 general election but was defeated in a contest in 1784.[1]

Marriage and progeny

On 5 March 1761 Byng married Anne Conolly (died 1806), daughter of William James Conolly (d.1754) by his wife Lady Anne Wentworth, a daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739). William James Conolly was an Irish Member of Parliament and was the nephew and heir of William Conolly (1662-1729), of Castletown House, County Kildare, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, reputed to be the wealthiest man in Ireland. By his wife he had progeny including:

Death

He died on 27 October 1789.

References

  1. "BYNG, George (?1735-89), of Wrotham Park, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "The Building". 29 September 2015.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Fletcher Norton
Simon Luttrell
Member of Parliament for Wigan
17681774
With: Beaumont Hotham 1768-1775
John Morton 1775-1780
Henry Simpson Bridgeman 1780
Succeeded by
Hon. Horatio Walpole
Henry Simpson Bridgeman
Preceded by
John Wilkes
Thomas Wood
Member of Parliament for Middlesex
17801784
With: John Wilkes
Succeeded by
John Wilkes
William Mainwaring


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