George Byng (1764–1847)
George Byng DL JP (17 May 1764 – 10 January 1847), of Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire, was a British Whig politician.
Background
Byng was the son of George Byng, son of the Hon. Robert Byng, third son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington.[1][2] His mother was Anne, daughter of William Conolly, while John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, was his younger brother.[2] He was educated at Göttingen University from 1780[3] and a scholar of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg there.
Political career
Byng was returned to Parliament for Middlesex in 1790, a seat he held until his death 57 years later.[4] During his early years he was an associate of Charles James Fox.[5] Between 1832 and 1847 he was Father of the House of Commons. He was offered a peerage in order to increase the Whig majority in the House of Lords prior to the 1832 Reform Act, but refused.[5] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Middlesex.[6]
Marriage
Byng married Harriet Montgomery. They had no children.[5] He died in January 1847, aged 82.
References
- ↑ MPs for Twickenham and Middlesex: Bankers and Politicians. The Twickenham Museum (2003-11-07). Retrieved on 2010-12-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Burke Genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours, Colburn, 1836, p. 14
- ↑ 22. September 1780, stud. math., Anglus
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wrotham Park and its History, Londonopenhouse
- ↑ Biographies of Honorary (Unpaid) Lunacy Commissioners 1828–1912. Francis Thornhill Baring MA MP at the Wayback Machine (archived August 4, 2008), A Middlesex University resource
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Byng
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by John Wilkes William Mainwaring |
Member of Parliament for Middlesex 1790–1801 With: William Mainwaring |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for Middlesex 1801–1847 With: William Mainwaring 1801–1802 Sir Francis Burdett, Bt 1802–1804, 1805–1806 George Boulton Mainwaring 1804–1805, 1806 William Mellish 1806–1820 Samuel Charles Whitbread 1820–1830 Joseph Hume 1830–1837 Thomas Wood 1837–1847 |
Succeeded by Thomas Wood Lord Robert Grosvenor |
| Preceded by Samuel Smith |
Father of the House of Commons 1832–1847 |
Succeeded by Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn |
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