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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington abstract "Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733) was a Royal Navy officer and statesman. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains to Prince William of Orange, who had just landed at Torbay, assuring the Prince of the captains' support; the Prince gave Byng a response which ultimately led to the Royal Navy switching allegiance to the Prince and the Glorious Revolution of November 1688.As a captain, Byng saw action at the Battle of Vigo Bay, when the French fleet were defeated, during the War of the Spanish Succession. As a flag officer, he led the bombardment squadron while serving under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Capture of Gibraltar and then took part in the Battle of Málaga at a later stage in the same war.Byng was sent to the Mediterranean to thwart any attempt by the Spanish to take Sicily. He encountered the Spanish fleet at Naples and, after pursuing it down the Strait of Messina, sent ahead his fastest ships causing the Spanish fleet to split in two. In the ensuing action, known as the Battle of Cape Passaro, the Spanish fleet was devastated: 10 ships of the line were captured, four ships of the line sunk or burnt and four frigates were captured at this early and critical stage of the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II.".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington award Order_of_the_Bath.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Battle_of_Beachy_Head_(1690).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Battle_of_Cape_Passaro.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Battle_of_Málaga_(1704).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Battle_of_Toulon_(1707).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Battle_of_Vigo_Bay.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Glorious_Revolution.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle Nine_Years_War.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington battle War_of_the_Spanish_Succession.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Britannia".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Constant Warwick".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Duchess".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Hope".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Nassau".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington militaryCommand "HMS Royal Oak".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington restingPlace Bedfordshire.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington restingPlace Southill,_Bedfordshire.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington serviceEndYear "1678".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington serviceStartYear "1678".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington thumbnail George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington_by_Jeremiah_Davison.jpg?width=300.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageRevisionID "700078460".
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Admiral.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Baronet.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Beachy_Head_(1690).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Cape_Passaro.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Málaga_(1704).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Toulon_(1707).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Vigo_Bay.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Bedford.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(Royal_Navy).
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Category:1663_births.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Category:1733_deaths.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Category:Byng_family.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Wrotham.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Category:Viscounts_in_the_Peerage_of_Great_Britain.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Trelawny.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Wager.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Cloudesley_Shovell.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Court-martial.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink East_Indies.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink East_Langdon.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Fifth-rate.
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- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Fourth-rate.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink George_Byng,_3rd_Viscount_Torrington.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink George_II_of_Great_Britain.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink George_Rooke.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Glorious_Revolution.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Barfleur_(1697).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Britannia_(1682).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Constant_Warwick_(1645).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Defiance_(1675).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Duchess_(1679).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Hope_(1678).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Mary_Rose_(1654).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Mordaunt_(1681).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Nassau_(1699).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Oxford_(1674).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Phoenix_(1671).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Ranelagh_(1697).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Reserve_(1650).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Royal_Oak_(1674).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_St_Andrew_(1670).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Swallow_(1653).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Jacobite_rising_of_1715.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink James_Berkeley,_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink James_Francis_Edward_Stuart.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Jeremiah_Davison.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink John_Byng.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink John_Jennings_(Royal_Navy_officer).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer).
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink John_Woolcombe.
- George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington wikiPageWikiLink Kent.