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See also:TORRINGTON, See also:GEORGE BYNG, See also:VISCOUNT (1663-1733) , See also:English See also:admiral, was See also:born at See also:Wrotham, See also:Kent. His See also:father, See also:John Byng, was compelled by pecuniary losses to sell his See also:property and his son entered the See also:navy as a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:letter boy (see NAVY) in 1678. He served in a See also:ship stationed at See also:Tangier, and for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time See also:left the navy to enter one of the regiments of the See also:garrison, but in 1683 he returned to the navy as See also:lieutenant, and went to the See also:East Indies in the following See also:year. During the year 1688, he had an active See also:share in bringing the See also:fleet over to the See also:prince of See also:Orange, and by the success of the revolution his See also:fortune was made. In 1702 he was appointed to the command of the " See also:Nassau," and was at the taking and burning of the See also:French fleet at See also:Vigo,. and the next year he was made See also:rear-admiral of the red. In 1704 he served in the Mediterranean under See also:Sir Cloudesley See also:Shovel, and reduced See also:Gibraltar. He was in the See also:battle of See also:Malaga, and for his gallantry received the See also:honour of See also:knight-See also:hood. In 1708 as admiral of the See also:blue he commanded the See also:squadron which baffled the See also:attempt of the Old Pretender to See also:land in See also:Scotland. In 1718 he commanded the fleet which defeated the Spaniards off Cape Passaro and compelled them to withdraw from their invasion of See also:Sicily. This See also:commission he executed so well that the king made him a handsome See also:present and sent him full See also:powers to negotiate with the princes and states of See also:Italy. Byng procured for the See also:emperor's troops See also:free See also:access into the fortresses which still held out in Sicily, sailed afterwards to See also:Malta, and brought out the Sicilian galleys and a ship belonging to the See also:Turkey See also:Company. By his See also:advice and assistance the Germans retook the See also:city of See also:Messina in 1719, and destroyed the See also:ships which See also:lay in the See also:basin—an achievement which completed the ruin of the See also:naval See also:power of See also:Spain. To his conduct it was entirely owing that Sicily was subdued and the king of Spain forced to
accept the terms prescribed him by the quadruple See also:alliance.
On his return to See also:England in 1721 he was made rear-admiral
of See also:Great See also:Britain, a member of the privy See also:council, See also:Baron Byng of Southill, in the See also:county of See also:Bedford and Viscount Torrington in See also:Devonshire. He was also made one of the Knights Com-
fairs, and a great See also:market " furnished from far on every See also:quarter, being the most convenient See also:place for occasions of king or county in those parts." The Saturday market is still maintained, but the fairs have been altered to the third Saturday in See also:March and the first See also:Thursday in May. In 1643 See also:Colonel See also:Digby took up his position at Torrington and put to See also:flight a contingent of See also:parliamentary troops; but in 1646 the See also:town was besieged by Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Fairfax and finally forced to surrender. The See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough records were destroyed by See also:fire in 1724.
See See also:Victoria County See also:History: Devonshire; F. T. See also:Colby, History of Great Torrington (1878).
End of Article: TORRINGTON, GEORGE BYNG, VISCOUNT (1663-1733)
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