Viscount Torrington
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Viscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Byng, of Southill in the County of Bedford. He had already in 1715 been created a Baronet, of Wrotham in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. His son, the second Viscount, represented Plymouth and Bedfordshire in the House of Commons and later served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1746 to 1747. His younger brother, the third Viscount, was a Major-General in the Army. His grandson, the sixth Viscount, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. His son, the seventh Viscount, served as Governor of Ceylon between 1847 and 1850.
Another member of the Byng family was the soldier John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford. He was the grandson of a younger son of the first Viscount Torrington. Also, the soldier Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was the youngest son of the second Earl of Strafford.
The family seat is Great Hunts Place, near Winchester, Hampshire.
[edit] Viscounts Torrington (1721)
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733)
- Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699–1747)
- George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701–1750)
- George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740–1812)
- John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1742–1813)
- George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831)
- George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812–1884)
- George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (1841–1889)
- George Master Byng, 9th Viscount Torrington (1886–1944)
- Arthur Stanley Byng, 10th Viscount Torrington (1876–1961)
- Timothy Howard St George Byng, 11th Viscount Torrington (b. 1943)
The Heir Presumptive to the titles is the present holder's kinsman Colin Hugh Byng (b. 1960), who lives in Toronto. He is the great-great-great-grandson of the fourth son of the fifth Viscount. The Heir Presumptive's Heir Apparent is his eldest son, John Nicolas Byng (b. 1990)
