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John Byng

1704 - 1757

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Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) was a British Royal Navy officer 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. Over the next thirty years he built up a reputation as a solid naval officer and received promotion to vice-admiral in 1747. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Byng has received more than 632,463 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Byng is the 1,765th most popular military personnel (down from 1,511th in 2019), the 3,445th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,559th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Byng ranks 1,765 out of 2,058. Before him are Richard O'Connor, Mahamat Déby, Serhiy Shaptala, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Jonathan M. Wainwright. After him are Boston Corbett, Johannes Block, James Jesus Angleton, Eddie Chapman, Ruben Lagus, and John Shalikashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1704, John Byng ranks 18. Before him are Louis de Jaucourt, Carlos Seixas, Charles Pinot Duclos, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and Richard Pococke. After him are Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Ivan Betskoy. Among people deceased in 1757, John Byng ranks 24. Before him are Johann Samuel König, Vakhushti of Kartli, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Daniel Gran. After him is Colley Cibber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Byng ranks 3,445 out of 8,785. Before him are Vivian Fuchs (1908), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Billy McNeill (1940). After him are Boston Corbett (1832), Jill Esmond (1908), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Kyle Walker (1990), Henry de Bracton (1210), and Eddie Chapman (1914).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Byng ranks 90. Before him are John Benbow (1653), Harry Patch (1898), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), and Miles Dempsey (1896). After him are Boston Corbett (1832), Eddie Chapman (1914), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), John Moore (1761), Dudley Pound (1877), and George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697).

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