ABSTRACT
Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Torrington. As C-in-C Mediterranean he defeated a Span ish fleet at the battle of Cape Passaro in 1718, one of the few fleet actions which brought about a clear-cut and comprehensive victory until the very end of the eighteenth century. He should not be confused with his son, John BYNG, shot in 1757 for losing Minorca, nor his predecessor, Arthur HERBERT, Earl of Torrington. His great-grandson, also George Byng, Viscount Torrington, was a Vice-Admiral a century later.
