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daughter'of Robert Surmari, of Valfentine-hoitfe, in 
the county of Eflex, efquire, and had flfne, Williafn- 
Auguftus Spencer, born January, 1749. Hugh, knight- 
marfttall of his rnajefty’s houfehold, died September 4, 
1795. Eleanor, died young. Lucy, married to fir 
Charles Frederic, knight of the bath, and'died in 1784. 
Charlotte, married Henry Moore, fourth earl of Drog¬ 
heda, and died without iflue, April 1735. Anne, mar¬ 
ried fir Cecil Bifhobp, bart. of Parham, in Suflex, and 
died in May 1747, leaving iflTite. Diana, died young. 
Mary, married to John, Ion and heir of fir Frederic 
Evelyn, bart. of Wootton, in Surrey, and died in 1749. 
Henrietta, Elizabeth, and Catharine, died unmarried. 
Nicholas, D. D. dean of St. Borian, in Cornwall, born 
Auguft 16, 1723; married Jane, daughter of •— ; —Wood¬ 
ward, efq. and had ilfue, Hugh, who died young; and 
Nicholas, in the army, born March 1756 ; married April 
2, 1784, Mifs Mary Browne. William-Frederic, died 
unmarried, Henry, died unmarried. The vifcount died 
Odtober 25, 1734, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
Hugh, fecond vifcount, a general in the army, and cap¬ 
tain of the band of gentlemen penfioriers, born in 1707 ; 
married May 6, 1736, Hannah-Catharine-Maria, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Smith, efq. and reljdt of Richard Rufiell, 
efq. and dying July 4, 1782, without ilfue, wasfucceded 
by his nephew, George Eveiyn, third vifcount; who 
married, June 26, 1784, Mils Crewe, only daughter of 
John Crewe, of Crewe-hall, in the county of Chefter, 
efquire ; by which lady, who died Auguft 10, 1793, he 
had ilfue, Elizabeth, born May 17, 1785; Edward, his 
. fuccelfor; Frances, who died February 4, 1729; Evelyn, 
born April n, 1790; and Anne, born November 22, 
1791. His lordfliip, dying on February 14, 1808, was 
fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Edward, the prefent and 
fourth vifcount.—The heir prelumptive is John-Evelyn, 
his lordfhip’s brother. 
Creations. —Baron Bofcafven, and Vifcount Fal¬ 
mouth, June 18, 1720. 
Residences. —Tregothan, in the county.of Corn¬ 
wall ; and Rofedale, in Surrey.—Town-houfe, St. 
James’s-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — In calo quies. —“ There is reft in heaven.” 
BYNG, VISCOUNT TORRINGTON. 
GEORGE BYNG, Viscount TORRINGTON, 
Baron Byng, of .Southill, and a Baronet; born October 
30, 1740; fucceeded his father, the late vifcount, April 
6, 1750; married, July 10, 1765, Lucy Boyle, only 
daughter of John earl of Cork and Orrery, by which 
lady, who died bn March 18, 1792, he has ifTue, Lucy- 
Elizabeth, born October 27, 1766; married to Orlando 
Bridgeman, lord Bradford, by whom file has ilfue. 
Georgiana-Elizabeth, born February 1768 ; married to 
lord John Rufiell, novy duke of Bedford, and died Oc¬ 
tober 11, 1801, by whom Ihe had the marquis of Tavi- 
ftock, and other ilfue. William-Henry, died November 
33, 1770. Ifabella-Elizabetli, born September 21, 3773; 
married vifcount Weymouth, now marquis of Bun. 
William-Henry, diid in October 1792. George, in tiie 
royal navy, deceafed. Emily, married, July 1, 1800, 
captain Seymour, Ion of lord Robert Seymour. 
The family of Byng was in confiderable repute in 
the reign of Henry VII. George Byng, in the reign of 
Charles 11. embraced the maritime profeflion ; and was 
particularly inftrumental, with admiral Rufiel, after¬ 
wards earl of Oxford, and others, in forwarding the 
views of the prince of Orange, afterwards William III. 
H' was fecond in command under fir Cloudefiey Shovel 
at the period of his death, and was eminently inftrumen¬ 
tal in-laving a confiderable part of the fleet under the 
command of that'officer. He was dilpatclied with a 
fquadron in the year 1708, and' 1715, to counteract the 
invafioii of the Pretender ; and was created a baronet by 
George 1. November 15, 1715. He was appointed tom- 
L D R Y, 
martder in chief of the grand fleet in the Spanifh war in 
that reign ; and gained a confiderable viCfory over the na¬ 
vy of that country, Auguft n,*i7i8. In confequence of 
thefe ferviees he was created baron Byngof Southill, and 
vifcountTomngton; and was farther promoted byGeorge 
II. Aug. 2, 1727, to be firft lordcommiffionerof the admi¬ 
ralty. He had ilfue, 1. Pattee, fecond lord vifcount Tor¬ 
rington. 2,George, third lord vifcount Torrington. 3. Ro¬ 
bert, who was appointed, in 1739, governor of the ifland of 
Barbadoes, and married Dec. 19, 1734, Elizabeth, daugh¬ 
ter of Jonathan Forward, efq. by which lady he had ilfue 
George, married March 5, 1761, Anne, daughter of the 
right hon. William Conolly of Caftletown in the coun¬ 
ty of Kildare in the kingdom of Ireland ; by which la¬ 
dy he has ilfue Anne-Elizabeth, born'February 14, 1762; 
and George born May 17, 1764. Robert, the fa¬ 
ther, died in 1740. 4. John, who embraced the maritime 
profeflion, was commillioned, in 1756, to relieve the 
ifland of Minorca, in which l'ervice he did not fucceed. 
For this failure he was condemned by a court-martial, 
January 27, 1757, the court at the fame time deci ng 
that the precilion of the articles of war had not left 
them an alternative, and that the mifcondudt of admiral 
Byngarofe neither from cowardice nor difaffeCtion, They 
accordingly recommended him to the royal clemency ; 
but, notwithflanding their reprefentafions, be was Ihot 
March 14, 1757 ; and his fate has ufualiy been regarded 
as a facifice intended to divert the current of popular 
clamour. Lord Torrington died January 7, 1733, and 
was fucceeded by his eldeft fon Pattee, fecond lord vif¬ 
count Torrington, conftituted captain of the yeomen of 
the guard; and married, in January 1724, Charlotte, 
daughter of Charles, firft duke of Manchefter ; by which 
lady, who died September 14, 1759, he had a daughter, 
Caroline, and two Cons, George and Frederic, who all 
died young. His lordfliip dying January 23, 1747, with¬ 
out ilfuemale, the title defcended to his brother George, 
the third vifcount, born in 1701, a general in the army ; 
married, in 1736, Elizabeth, daughter of-- Daniel, 
efq. fon of fir Peter Daniel, knight, by whom he had 
the following ilfue : George; the prefent and fqurth vif¬ 
count ; and Jo-hn, born Oftober 11, 1740, married to 
Bridget, daughter of Arthur Fofeft, efq. by whom he has 
ilfue : 1. George, born January 5, 1768, a captain in the 
royal navy ; married, February 8, 1793, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Philip Langmead, efq. of Ilowgate.houfe, 
Plymouth. 2. Ehzaberh-Lucy, married to captain Percy 
Frazer, of the royal navy. 3. Cecilia, married, in No¬ 
vember 1805, J. R. Gregg Hopwood, efq. of Hopwood- 
hall, in Lancalhire. 4. Anna-Maria, married to the Rev. 
Mr. Hall, and has ilfue two daughters. 5. Frances, who 
died in November 1796. 6. Edmund, a captain in the 
army. 7. John. 8. Bridget-Augufta, married July 9, 
1800, the honourable Charles Herbert, fecond fon of 
Henry earl of Carnarvon. 9. Henry. 10. Fredejic- 
Gerald. 11. Georgiana. 32. Beatrice. 13. Lucy. The 
vifcount, dying April 17, 1750, was fucceed.ed by his 
eldeft fon, George, the prefent and fourth vifcount.— 
The prelumptive heir is the honourable John Byng, 
brother to the vifcount, and M. P. for Middlefex. 
Creations. —Baron Byng of Southill, in the county 
of Bedford, and vifcount 1 orrington, of Torrington in 
the-county of Devon, September 29, 1721. 
Residences. —Southill, in the county of Bedford. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving, 
Motto.— Tuebor .—I will defend.” 
FITZGERALD, VISCOUNT LEINSTER. 
. AUGUSTUS-FREDERIC FITZGERALD, Vis¬ 
count LEINSTER, of Taplow in England'; and Duke 
of Leinfter,' Marquis and Earl of Kildare and O'ffaley in 
Ireland.—See the Irish Dukes. 
NOEL, VISCOUNT WENTWORTH. 
THOMAS NOEL, Viscount and Baron WENT¬ 
WORTH, 
