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Source: Bell's Weekly Messenger, No.1838, Sunday, June 26, 1831

[Lord Torrington, Kent]

George Byng, Viscount Torrington, died on Saturday evening last, at his seat, Yates Court, Kent. His Lordship was in the 64th year of his age, and had risen to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the White. His Lordship had, for some time past, been suffering from a lingering and painful illness. He married first in 1793, Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Langmead, Esq. by whom he had only one daughter. His second wife, to whom he was married, in 1811, was daughter of Sir Robert Barlow; by her he has George, born 9th of September, 1812, now Viscount Torrington, and three or four other children. The young Viscount is, it will be seen, a minor. The remains of the deceased nobleman will be interred next week in the family burial ground at Southhill, Bedfordshire, near that of his relative, the unfortunate Admiral Byng.