Major General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (21 September 1701 – 7 April 1750) (styled The Honourable George Byng from 1721 to 1747), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a British Army officer and peer.
Major General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (21 September 1701 – 7 April 1750) (styled The Honourable George Byng from 1721 to 1747), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a British Army officer and peer.
He was the 2nd surviving son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire.
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He succeeded his childless elder brother Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699–1747) to the viscountcy and the family seat at Southill Park in Bedfordshire.
From 1742 to 1748, Byng was Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Marines. From 1749 to 1750 he was Colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot. He ended his military career with the rank of Major General.[1][2]
On 21 August 1736 he married Elizabeth Daniel, a granddaughter of Sir Peter Daniel, by whom he had two children:[3]
He died on 7 April 1750 and was buried in the Byng Mausoleum in the Church of All Saints in Southill, Bedfordshire,[4] built for the burial of his father.