John Byng

(1704-1757)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Byng, John, 1704-1757 NRA: Byng, John (1704-1757) Admiral DNB: Byng, John (bap. 1704, d. 1757), naval officer LBT ID: JoByng1757 VIAF ID: 60023386 LOC ID: n84024485	B/BAP: 1704-10-29 DIED: 1757-03-14
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English naval officer; made the ministry's scapegoat for the loss of Minorca to the French, he was tried and shot to the general indignation of the public.
REFERENCES TO John Byng: Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824, Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron (London: Charles Knight, 1824) Chapter VII Found 2: ¶ ¶ “Verdict against the Examiner in the Case of William Parry” in The Examiner (17 June 1827) 375-76 Found 1: ¶ 12 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: Naval Services Found 1: ¶ 4