Robert Byng (Plymouth MP): Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
m Robot - Moving category British MPs 1727–1734 to Category:British MPs 1727–34 per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 September 18. |
m Robot - Moving category British MPs 1734–1741 to Category:British MPs 1734–41 per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 September 18. |
||
Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
[[Category:Younger sons of viscounts]] |
[[Category:Younger sons of viscounts]] |
||
[[Category:British MPs 1727–34]] |
[[Category:British MPs 1727–34]] |
||
[[Category:British MPs |
[[Category:British MPs 1734–41]] |
||
Revision as of 01:29, 29 October 2013
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 Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth from 1728 to 1739 and as Governor of Barbados from May 1739.