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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 327,159 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy is the 1,940th most popular military personnel (down from 1,589th in 2019), the 4,889th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,420th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 1,940 out of 2,058. Before him are Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, John Sullivan, Elmo Zumwalt, Adrianos Komnenos, Stepan Poltorak, and Keith Park. After him are Thomas Blamey, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Lewis H. Brereton, and John Sedgwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 149. Before him are Frank Weston Benson, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Oscar Levertin, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Santeri Alkio, and Mary Proctor. After him are Robert Reid, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Helen Bannerman, Herbert Baker, Carrie Derick, and George B. Cortelyou. Among people deceased in 1935, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 142. Before him are José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Patricio Arabolaza, Charles Kingsford Smith, Paolo Orsi, and Silverio Izaguirre. After him are Junior Durkin, Leroy Carr, Adolphus Greely, Wiley Post, Ivar Otto Bendixson, and Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy ranks 4,889 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Luke Fildes (1843), Andy Fraser (1952), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Charles Hefferon (1878), and Robin Sachs (1951). After him are Judy Parfitt (1935), Ralph Ineson (1969), Sarah Trimmer (1741), Lily Allen (1985), Jenny Beavan (1950), and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883).

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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 117. Before him are John Dill (1881), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Guy Simonds (1903), Arnold Jackson (1891), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), and Hubert Gough (1870). After him are Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Max Horton (1883), Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), and Charles James Napier (1782).

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