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Memorial: M4086

Monument at All Saints Church, Southill, Bedfordshire commemorating Admiral George Byng, First Viscount Torrington d. 1732

Location

All Saints Church, Southill, Bedfordshire, England

Transcript

‘The RI. Honorable GEORGE VISCOUNT TORRINGTON / BARON of SOUTHILL / Rear Admiral of GREAT BRITAIN / Admiral and Commander in Chief / of HIS MAJESTY’S Fleet / First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty / one of his MAJESTY’S most Honble: Privy Council / and KNIGHT of the Most Honble: Order of the BATH / Dyed 17th: Janry: 1732, in the 70th: Year of his AGE. / MARGARETT VISCOUNTESS DOWAGER TORRINGTON / Daughter of JAMES MASTER Esqr. / of EAST TORRINGTON in KENT and Wife of / Ld. VISCOUNT TORRINGTON First Peer of this Family / Born 22nd. Febry. 1669 / Died 2d. April 1756 Aged 86 Years.’

Details

Description: Wall monument in white marble. Above the inscription tablet, a pediment supported on brackets from which hang drops of foliage.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Byng Mausoleum
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1733

People

Byng, George
Age:
Date of Death: 17/1/1732
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Viscount Torrington. The inscription tablet appears to have been cropped.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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