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5 giorni fa · George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, was born in 1663. His career at first wavered between the army and the navy, and he actually held commissions in both services. In 1688 he was entrusted with the task of canvassing the navy captains in the interests of the Prince of Orange, and obtained the latter's goodwill.
3 giorni fa · Thomas Corbett, of the family of Corbet of Moreton Corbet, accompanied Sir George Byng, Viscount Torrington, as secretary on the latter's expedition to Sicily in 1718–20, and afterwards published an account of it. In 1723 he was appointed chief clerk of the Admiralty, and gradually rose in position, becoming senior secretary in 1742.
1 giorno fa · Signature. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866. The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was ...
4 giorni fa · Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in the Middle; and the Earl Fitzwalter on his Right Hand; and the Lord Viscount Torrington on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this ...
4 giorni fa · Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689–1815. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9781108163927; 264pp.; Price: £75.00. At the end of December 1756, Admiral John Byng was put on trial for breaching the Articles of War, instructions set out by the Royal Navy in 1749 to establish and regulate martial behaviour.
2 giorni fa · Reproducciones De Arte Del Museo Almirante de la Flota George Byng (1663-1733), Primer Viscount Torrington, 1734 de Jeremiah Davison (1695-1745) | WahooArt.com + 1 707-877-4321 + 33 970-444-077
5 giorni fa · Se desideri approfondire la saga familiare dei Bridgerton dopo esserti appassionato al suo adattamento nella serie Netflix, ecco elencati di seguito i volumi della serie e l’ordine in cui leggerli. Primo volume: Il Duca e io. Secondo volume: Il Visconte che mi amava. Terzo volume: La proposta di un gentiluomo.
