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Byng
B b - noun byng George, Viscount Torrington. 1663–1733, British admiral: defeated fleet of James Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, off Scotland (1708); defeated Spanish fleet off Messina (1717) 3
- noun byng his son John. 1704–57, English admiral: executed after failing to relieve Minorca 3
- noun byng Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. 1862–1935, British general in World War I; governor general of Canada (1921–26) 3
- noun byng Julian Hedworth George [hed-werth] /ˈhɛd wərθ/ (Show IPA), (Viscount Byng of Vimy) 1862–1935, English general: governor general of Canada 1921–26. 1