Robert Byng

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The Hon. Robert Byng (1703-1740) was the third son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington by his wife Margaret Master. On 19 December 1734 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Forward, and by her had issue, including an eldest son, George, born 1735. This George, later of Wrotham Park, was the father of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford. Robert Byng served as Governor of Barbados from May 1739.

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Preceded by:
The Viscount Gage		 Governor of Barbados
1739–1740		 Succeeded by:
Sir Thomas Robinson
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