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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy

1862 - 1935

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Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935), was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation. Known to friends as "Bungo", Byng was born to a noble family at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire, England and educated at Eton College, along with his brothers. Upon graduation, he received a commission as a militia officer and saw service in Egypt and Sudan before enrolling in the Staff College at Camberley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy has received more than 306,088 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy is the 1,592nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,426th in 2019), the 4,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,363rd in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 1,592 out of 1,468. Before him are Mahamat Déby, Arnold Jackson, Frank Buckles, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Harvey Hill, and Thomas Picton. After him are Albert Ball, Joseph Dunford, Abu Omar al-Shishani, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Thomas C. Hart, and Willis Augustus Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 132. Before him are Antoni Lange, Billy Hughes, Andrew Fisher, Robert Emden, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Robert Reid. After him are Santeri Alkio, Hugo Erdmann, Frank Weston Benson, Helen Bannerman, Mary Proctor, and Herbert Baker. Among people deceased in 1935, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 127. Before him are Jón Þorláksson, Charles Kingsford Smith, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Bernhard Britz, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, and José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez. After him are Paolo Orsi, George William Russell, Patricio Arabolaza, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Wiley Post, and Leroy Carr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 4,429 out of 7,765. Before him are Colin Baker (1943), David James (1970), Richard Doll (1912), Alan A'Court (1934), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), and Reginald Denny (1891). After him are Ian Wallace (1946), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), James Challis (1803), Pip Torrens (1960), and Michael Robinson (1958).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 108. Before him are Oliver Leese (1894), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), John Dill (1881), John André (1750), Arnold Jackson (1891), and Thomas Picton (1758). After him are Albert Ball (1896), Andy McNab (1959), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Redvers Buller (1839), Max Horton (1883), and William Gott (1897).

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