The Viscount Torrington | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Byng, by John Astley | |
| British Minister in Brussels | |
| In office 1783–1792 | |
| Preceded by | Alleyne FitzHerbert |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Elgin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Byng 11 October 1740 |
| Died | 14 December 1812 (aged 72) |
| Spouse |
Lady Lucy Boyle
(m. 1765; died 1792) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington Elizabeth Daniel |
| Residence | Southill Park |
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (11 October 1740 – 14 December 1812) was an English peer.
He was the eldest son and heir of Major-General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750), by his wife Elizabeth Daniel.[1][2] His paternal grandfather, Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Byng, KB, was created a baronet in 1715 before being elevated to the peerage as Viscount Torrington in 1721, his family were formerly seated at Southill Park in Bedfordshire. He was a great-uncle of the politician Lord John Russell and in 1847 his cousin, Field Marshal Sir John Byng, GCB, was created Earl of Strafford.[3]
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He inherited the Torrington viscountcy and the family seat of Southill Park in Bedfordshire on the death of his father in 1750. He sold Southill to the beer magnate, Samuel Whitbread, in 1795.[3]
On 20 July 1765 he married Lady Lucy Boyle (1744–1792), a daughter of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, by his wife, Margaret Hamilton,[3] by whom he had seven children,[4] three sons who all predeceased him, and four daughters:
Lord Torrington died on 14 December 1812, and as he left no surviving male issue he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington, who died less than a month later.[3]
