Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Strafford
KCVO CB

"Byngo"
Byng as caricatured in Vanity Fair, May 1892
Equerry
In office
1874–1899
Preceded by The Lord de Ros
Succeeded by John Brocklehurst
Groom-in-Waiting
In office
1872–1874
Preceded by Henry Gardiner
Succeeded by John Campbell
Personal details
Born Henry William John Byng
(1831-08-21)August 21, 1831
Died 16 May 1899(1899-05-16) (aged 67)
Military service
Service/branch British Army
Rank Supernumerary Major
Unit Coldstream Guards

Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford KCVO CB (21 August 1831 16 May 1899) was a British peer and courtier.

Biography

Byng was the second son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford and his first wife, Agnes. From 1840 he was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1847 as a Lieutenant. In 1854, he was promoted to Captain, by purchase, appointed an Adjutant later that year and a Supernumerary Major in 1865.

In 1872, Byng was made a Groom-in-Waiting and then an Equerry two years later. In 1895, he was appointed a CB and a KCVO in 1897. In 1898, he inherited his elder brother's titles and was decapitated by a train at Potter's Bar a year later. As his sons predeceased him, the titles passed to his brother, Francis.

Family

On 15 October 1863, Byng married Countess Henrietta Danneskiold-Samsøe (a maternal granddaughter of the 1st Marquess of Ailesbury) and they had four children:

After his wife's death in 1880, Byng married on 6 December 1898 Cora Colgate née Smith (a wealthy American widow), but they did not have any children.

References

    Court offices
    Preceded by
    George Cavendish
    Page of Honour
    18401847
    Succeeded by
    Alfred Crofton
    Preceded by
    Henry Gardiner
    Groom-in-Waiting
    18721874
    Succeeded by
    John Campbell
    Preceded by
    The Lord de Ros
    Equerry
    18741899
    Succeeded by
    John Brocklehurst
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    George Byng
    Earl of Strafford
    18981899
    Succeeded by
    Francis Byng
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