John Byng KCB (1772 - 1860)

Born 1772 in Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, England

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Died 3 Jun 1860 at about age 88 in Grosvenor Sq, London, England

John Byng was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford was born in 1772. He was the son of George Byng and Anne Conolly. He m.(1) Mary Stevens Mackenzie on 14 June 1804 and (2) Marianne James, daughter of Sir Walter James, 1st Bt. and Lady Jane Pratt, on 9 May 1809.

John Byng was an army officer, promoted to Major-General in 1813 and at the end of the war was made KCB, later promoted lieutenant-general in 1825. He then became a politician, MP for Poole in 1831. He was created Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth on 12 May 1835, and earl of Strafford and Viscount Enfield on 18 September 1847.

He continued his Army career, promoted general 15 Aug 1850 and field marshal 2 October 1855. On 3 June 1860 he died at his residence, 44 Grosvenor Square, London

Children of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford and Mary Stevens Mackenzie

1. George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford+ b. 8 Jun 1806, d. 29 Oct 1886

Children of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford and Marianne James

1. Lord William Frederick Byng
2. Lady Harriet Frances Byng
3. Lady Frances Byng
4. Lady Caroline Frances Byng+ d. 27 May 1898

Sources

• Wikipedia biography
• H. M. Stephens, ‘Byng, John, first earl of Strafford (1772–1860)’, rev. John Sweetman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. This is a subscription site but access is free for readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
• Thepeerage.com: Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
• Thepeerage.com: Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford Cites: Bernard, Sir Burke, editor, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 3rd ed. (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1912)
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 08 Byng, John (1772-1860) by Henry Morse Stephens