Byng Explained

Byng may refer to:

Places

• Byng, Oklahoma, a small town in Pontotoc County
• Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District
• Manor of Byng, Suffolk, England

People

• John Byng (disambiguation), several people with the same name, including:
  • John Byng (1704–1757), British admiral, sentenced to death by court martial and shot
• George Byng (disambiguation), one of several Viscounts Torrington, most notably:
  • George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1668–1733), British Admiral and statesman
• Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862–1935), British general during World War I, later Governor General of Canada and involved in the King-Byng constitutional crisis
• Several Earls of Strafford, including:
  • Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951), president of Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author of children's books
• James Byng (born 1985), British actor
• James W. Byng, British botanist
• Jamie Byng (born 1969), Canongate Books publisher
• Thomas Byng (died 1599), English academic and lawyer

Others

• The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship in the National Hockey League
• Lord Byng Secondary School, Vancouver

See also

• Bing (disambiguation)