John Byng

(1772-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Byng John (1772-1860) 1st Earl of Strafford General DNB: Byng, John, first earl of Strafford (1772–1860), army officer LBT ID: LdStraf1a	B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1860-06-03
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
After education at Westminster School he pursued a military career, fighting in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo; after his retirement in 1831 he was MP for Poole and was raised to the peerage in 1835.
REFERENCES TO John Byng: Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XIII: 1806-40 Found 1: ¶ 1