| 词条 | George Byng (1735–1789) |
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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. OriginsHe 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. CareerHe 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 progenyOn 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:
DeathHe died on 27 October 1789. References1. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/byng-george-1735-89| title= BYNG, George (?1735-89), of Wrotham Park, Mdx.| publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 29 December 2017}} 2. ^http://www.5stjamesssquare.com/the-building/
| title = Member of Parliament for Wigan | years = 1768–1774 | before= Fletcher Norton Simon Luttrell | with = Beaumont Hotham 1768-1775 | with2= John Morton 1775-1780 | with3= Henry Simpson Bridgeman 1780 | after = Hon. Horatio Walpole Henry Simpson Bridgeman }}{{s-bef | before = John Wilkes | before2 = Thomas Wood }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Middlesex | years = 1780–1784 | with = John Wilkes }}{{s-aft | after = John Wilkes | after2 = William Mainwaring }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Byng, George}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}} 7 : 1735 births|1789 deaths|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1768–74|British MPs 1774–80|British MPs 1780–84|British MPs 1784–90 |
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