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 410 TORRINGTOX. Barony. 1. Tun Hon. Thomas Newport, 2d s. of Francis I 1710 (Newport), 1st Earl ok Bradford, by Diana, da. of Francis ' (Rossell) it.h Earl ok Bedford, was l>. before 1050; was M.l .f? fl for Ludlow, li;<>9-1700 ; for Wiuchelsea, 1701 and for Great iliJ, Wenl. n'k, 1715-ld ; a commissi-, of the Customs, before 1700, and was ci:, 20 June 171d, BARON TOKKIKGTON, CO. Devon ; was a Lord of the Treasury, 171S-19 ; a teller of the Exchequer, 1 71 S ; P.O. 171S. He M. firstly, da. of Sir Hubert Atkv.ns, of Sapertoo, eo. Glottc, 1,. Oh. Barou. of the Exchequer. Shell. 1696. He m. secondly, 22 July 1700, at Chelsea, Penelope, 7th da. nf Sir John Bhidormas, 2d Hart, of Great Lever, by Mary, da. and ■-. j1 i.-i r of George CRADOCK. He >»• thirdly, Anne, 2il da. of Robert PiaTBRMfRST, of Nottingham, by Anne, da. of Henry M CURAT. He </. s p. 27 May 1711'. when the Barony became extinct. Will dat. 21 Jan. 1718/SI (directing his burial to l.e at Wroxeter, oo. Salop, near to his "Sister Herbert" 1, pr. June 1719. His widow d. 17 Feb. 1731/5. Will pr. 173;. Viscountcy. /. Rear Admiral the Kt. Hon. Sir GEortGE Hyng, , , -oi Burr, was er. 21 Sep. 1721, BARON BY NO OF SOLTHlLL.f) co. u - Bedford, and VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, eo. Devon, lb- was 1st s. of John BVNO, of Wrothain. eo. Kent (who, in ltjoti, alienated tin- family estate there) by Philadelphia, sister of Col. Johnstone, da of (— ) Johnstone, of Loans, eo. Surrey ; was b. 27 Jan. 1603/1, at Wrutham afsd. ; was a volunteer in the Navy, 10S7, being afterwards an officer in Kirke's reg. of foot, but resigned his military commission in 1090, on becoming, in 1058, Capt. R.N. ; was Hear Admiral of the Bed. 1703. He distinguished himself in the attack of Gibraltar, 1701. and at the battle off Malaga, and was Knujlttcel 22 Oct. 170 K h ) ; MP. for Plymouth, 170.1-21 j Admiral el Hie Bine, 170S, and in command to defend the Scutch coast, as was he. in 1716, to defend the English coast from the invasion of the Stuart insurgents ; a Lord of the Admiralty 1709-21; Admiral of the White. 1711; Master of the Trinity (|, .use. 1711. and was er, a Barontt 15 Nov. 1715. being described as "of Southill.C) CO. Bedford." Com. in Chief in the Baltic, 1717, and in the Mediterranean, 1718-21, totally defeating, 31 July 171 S, off Cape Passaro, the Spanish licet of IS ships of the liue,( c ) tbeu besiegins: Messina ; was Plenipo. to Fez and Morocco, 1718, and to the Princes ami States of Italy, 1718-21 ; Treasurer of the Navy, 1720-21 ; Hear Admiral of Great Britain, 1720 : P.C. 1721, being <*. a Peer (as abovestated), 21 Sep. 1721.0') He was made K B, 27 May 1725, on the revival of that order ; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1 727 ; Commissr. of claims at the eoron. of Geo. II., 1727 ; Admiral and Com. in Chief of the fleet, 1727 ; Admiral of the Red and a Commissi', of Greenwich Hospital. He M. 5 March 1690/1, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden (Lie. Vic. Gen.), Margaret, da. of James Master, of Last Langdon, co. lveut, by Joice, da. of Sir Christopher Turner, of Milton Erneys. co. Beds., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, He el. 17 Jau. 1732/3, in his 70th year, and was 6u> at Southing) Will pr. 1733. His widow el. 1 April 1750, aged S7, aud was bur. there. (») He bad purchased the estate of Southill in 1093. (") "Asa testimony of approbation of his behaviour in the late action with the French in the Mediterranean " [Gazette]. ( c ) "The English had a considerable superiority of numbers . . . [but] the measures adopted by the Spaniards rendered their [own] defeat inevitable. There was little room for any display of genius on the part of Byug, tho' he was deservedly commended for the advantage he had taken of the enemy's incapacity." [Nat, Bhiyr] ('■) The preamble, settiug forth his services, is giveu in " Colt int." (°) Tho' of no great capacity, it is said of him " that he left nothing to fortune that could be accomplished by foresight aud application." He was firm and straight- forward in his dealings, impartial aud punctual. Macky [" Characters "] says of him wheu " a fair-complexioned man, towards 50," that he was "one of the best sailors in England, and a fine gentleman in everything else ; understands all the several branches of the Navy thoroughly." His portrait "after J. Davidson," is engraved iu " Doyle"