Son of John Byng, fifth viscount Torrington; he was a dandy acquaintance of the Prince Regent and a clerk at the Foreign Office.

REFERENCES TO Frederick Gerald Byng [Poodle]:

Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, 23 October 1814 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lady Holland to John Whishart, 17 December 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Countess Grey to Frances Ann Taylor, [February 1826] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 May 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lady Morley, January 1833 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 12 October 1834 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 October 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 30 September 1836 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lady Louisa Molyneux to Thomas Creevey, 26 December 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lady Louisa Molyneux to Thomas Creevey, 17 January 1838 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)