Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) [1] was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. After joining the navy at the age of thirteen, he participated at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718.

British Admiral John Byng was born in Southill, Bedfordshire, a son of Admiral Sir George Byng. He followed his father into the navy, becoming a Vice Admiral in 1747. When the Seven Years War broke out in 1756, Byng was assigned to relieve Minorca from seige by the French.

Memorial to Admiral John Byng, d. 1757 at Southill. Location. All Saints Church, Southill, Bedfordshire, England. Transcript 'To the perpetual Disgrace / of PUBLICK JUSTICE / The Honble.

2025年1月1日 · John Byng (born 1704, Southill, Bedfordshire, Eng.—died March 14, 1757, harbour of Portsmouth, Hampshire) was a British admiral executed for failing to relieve the naval base at Minorca (in the western Mediterranean) from a French siege.

John Byng was a man of great standing, with impressive fortunes. He was well-known as a great naval officer, serving in a series of successful battles, earning him great accolades and affection from the public as well as the monarchy. With such an impressive record set by his father, young John had some big shoes to fill.

2007年3月3日 · Aged 50 in 1756 when the Seven Years’ War broke out, Byng, now a full admiral, sailed with ten ships of the line to Gibraltar. His orders were to prevent the French in Toulon from capturing the British stronghold of Fort St Philip on the island of Minorca, and to this end he was to carry a detachment of 700 men from the Gibraltar garrison to ...

About the memorial: Memorial to Admiral John Byng, d. 1757 at Southill. Admiral Byng executed for neglect of duty 'to encourage the others' Voltaire. Some might deem this not to be a war memorial. But he was the victim of a piece of gross injustice, …

Admiral John Byng has the distinction of being the only British Admiral ever executed by the Royal Navy. He is buried in the family vault at Southill All Saints Church. There is a picture of the Admiral in the church with a musket ball from the Battle for Minorca, the Battle that lead to …

2022年1月3日 · Admiral John Byng was shot on the quarter deck of HMS Monarch in Portsmouth Harbour on 14 March 1757. He died unmarried. His memorial at All Saints Church, Southill reads "To the perpetual disgrace of Publick Justice The Honble.

2021年3月3日 · Admiral John Byng In the 1850s NSW surveyor-general Sir Thomas Mitchell named Byng Street, Orange, in honour of the British admiral John Byng. Born in Bedfordshire in 1704, John Byng was just 13 when he followed his father into the British Navy.