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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 469 TORRINGTON, VISCOUNT. (BTNG.) GEORGE BYNG, D.C.L. 7th Viscount, and a Baronet. Born Sept. 9th, 1812 ; succeeded his father, 1831 ; was Governor of Ceylon, 184750, and a Lord in Wait- ing to the Prince Consort, 1853 9, since when he has been a Lord in Waiting to the Queen; is a Magistrate and a Dep. Lieut, of Kent, and Hon. Col. of the West Kent Militia: married (1833) Mary Anne, only daughter of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Bart. I will defend Brother living, James Master Owen, b. 1818, m. 1856. Sister living, Hilare Caroline, b. 1815, TO. 1845, (Hall). Heir presumptive, Ks nephew, George Stanley, *. 1841 ; son of the Hon. Robert Barlow Palmer Byng, (who was b. 18J6, m. 1839, and d. 1857), brother of the present Peer, by Elizabeth Maria Lowther, daughter of Col. G. Watkin. Entered the Rifle Brigade 1858, and became Capt. 1871. Is Aide-de-Camp to Baron Sandhurst, commanding the Forces in Ireland. Club, Junior United Service. Creation, Viscount Torrington of the county of Devon, and Baron Eyng of Southill, in the county of Devon, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1721. &rms, Quarterly : sable and argent, in the 1st quarter a lion rampant, of the second- Crest, An heraldic antelope or ibex, ermine. Supporters Dexter, an heraldic antelope, ermine, armed, unguled, maned, and tufted, or, standing on a ship- gun, proper ; sinister, a sea-horse, proper, also on a ship-gun. Seat, Yotes- court, Mereworth, Kent. Town Residence, 4, Warwick-square, S.W. Clubs, Union, Brooks's, United Service. TORRINGTON, Viscount, His lordship's predecessor was his father, George, 6th Viscount Torrington. He was b. Jan. 5, 1768, and succeeded his father, Jan. 4, 1813; he was a Vice Admiral of the Blue: TO. 1st, Feb. 8, 18Q3, Elizabeth. who d. 1810, daughter of P. Langmead, Esq., of Hoe-house, having issue a son and a daughter; 2ndly, Oct. 5, 1811, Frances Harriet, daughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, G.C.B., and d. June 18, 1831, havingissue from second marriage, five sons and two daughters. Torthorwold, Viscount, title borne by the Duke of Buccleuch. Toucbet (Thicknesse-Toucbet), surname of the daughters and sur- viving brother of the late Baron Audley. TOWNSHEND, MARQUESS. (TOWNSHEND.) JOHN VILLIERS STUART TOWNSHEVD, 5th Marquess, and a Baronet. Born April 10th, 1831 ; succeeded his father in 1863 ; was educated at Eton ; was a Clerk in the Foreign Office, 18504; is a Magistrate and a Dep. Lieut, for Hertfordshire; sat as M. P. for Tnmworth, 1856 63 ; has been Lieut. Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry since 18G5 ; is co-heir with the Duke of Buckingham to the Barony of Bouchier : married (1865) Lady Anne Elizabeth Cle- mentina Duff, eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Fife, and has issue, living, Faith obtained these honours for our race.