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Byng (other)
Byng may refer to: Places * Byng, Oklahoma, a small town in Pontotoc County * Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District * Manor of Byng, Suffolk, England People * Several Earl of Strafford, Earls of Strafford, including: ** Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951), president of Middlesex County Cricket Club * George Byng (other), one of several Viscount Torrington, Viscounts Torrington, most notably: ** George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1668–1733), British Admiral and statesman * Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author of children's books * James Byng (born 1985), British actor * James W. Byng, British botanist * Jamie Byng (born 1969), Canongate Books publisher * John Byng (other), several people with the same name, including: ** John Byng (1704–1757), British admiral, sentenced to death by court martial and shot * Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862–1935), British general during World War I, later Governor Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byng, Oklahoma
Byng is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,175 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. History The beginnings of the town of Byng were established in 1917 with the building of a post office and power plant (about five miles north of Ada, Oklahoma, Ada). The post office and power plant were named to honor the World War I exploits of British General Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Julian Byng who commanded the Canadian Corps and was later Governor General of Canada. The town was not formally formed until 1922 when the remains of two other communities were merged into Byng. Tyrola, about a mile north of Byng, was almost wiped out by a flooding of the South Canadian River in 1914. New Bethel, also approximately a mile north of present-day Byng, but lying east of Tyrola, had also been formed. The school at New Bethel and the school at Tyrola were combined to create New Bethel Consolidated Number 3 in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Byng
James Edmund Byng (born 27 June 1969) is a British publisher. He works for the independent publishing firm Canongate Books, where he is the CEO and publisher. Early life Byng grew up in the village of Abbots Worthy in Hampshire, England. The second son of the 8th Earl of Strafford and Jennifer May, he is brother to the author Lady Georgia Byng, and through his stepfather, Sir Christopher Bland (the former chairman of the BBC, British Telecom and Royal Shakespeare Company), he is the half-brother of Archie Bland, print journalist and former deputy editor of ''The Independent''. Education and family Byng was educated at Winchester College, an independent boarding-school for boys in the cathedral city of Winchester in Hampshire, Southern England, followed by the University of Edinburgh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy has been awarded 90 times to 53 different players since it was first awarded in 1925. The original trophy was donated to the league by Lady Byng of Vimy, then–viceregal consort of Canada. The voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the Stanley Cup Playoffs. History The trophy is named in honour of Marie Evelyn Moreton (Lady Byng), wife of the Viscount Byng of Vimy, who commanded Canadian forces at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Byng
Thomas Byng (or Bynge) (died 1599) was an English academic and lawyer, Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge from 1571. Life He matriculated as a sizar at Peterhouse in May 1552, and proceeded B.A. in 1556. He was admitted fellow of his college 7 February 1558, and commenced M.A. 1559, and LL.D. 1570. In 1564, when Queen Elizabeth visited Cambridge, Byng made a Latin oration in her presence on the excellence of a monarchical government. He was proctor in the same year, and on 2 March 1565 became public orator. Byng became Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1571, vice-chancellor of the university 1572, a member of the college of civilians 21 April 1572, and regius professor of the civil law at Cambridge 18 March 1573-4. He became dean of arches 24 July 1595. On 27 July 1578, with other dignitaries of the university, he visited the queen at Audley, and for a second time read a Latin oration in her presence. He died in December 1599, and was buried 23 December at Hackney Church, Middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King–Byng Affair
The King–Byng affair, also known as the King–Byng Wing Ding, was a Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred in 1926, when the governor general of Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by the prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The 1925 Canadian federal election saw King's Liberals winning fewer seats than the Conservatives, who were left eight seats short of a majority. The Progressives lost almost two thirds of their seats from the previous election, but they still held enough seats to control the balance of power. As the incumbent party is given the first opportunity to form government, King decided to attempt to hold on to power with the help of the Progressives. The Progressives were closely aligned with the Liberals and enabled King to form a minority government. In June 1926, facing a Commons vote that could force his government to resign, King asked Governor General Byng to dissolve parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng Of Vimy
Field marshal (United Kingdom), 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 List of governors general of Canada#Governors general of Canada, 1867–present, 12th since the Canadian Confederation. Known to friends as "Bungo", Byng was born to a Nobility, 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, Camberley, Staff College at Camberley. There, he befriended individuals who would be his contemporaries when he attained senior rank in France. Following distinguished service during the First World War—specifically, with the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force in France, in the Battle of Gallipoli, as commander of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byng
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) was a Royal Navy officer and politician 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 (Royal Navy), vice-admiral in 1747. He also served as List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland Colony in 1742, Leith Station, Commander-in-Chief, Leith, 1745 to 1746 and was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of Parliament from 1751 until his death. Byng failed to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca (1756), Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. He had sailed for Minorca at the head of a hastily assembled fleet of vessels, some of which were in poor condition. In the ensuing battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byng (other)
John Byng may refer to: * John Byng (1704–1757), British Admiral in the Seven Years' War, executed for "fail ngto do his utmost" * John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1743–1813), British peer and diarist * John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772–1860), British peer, politician and soldier during the Napoleonic Wars See also *Jon Bing Jon Bing (30 April 1944 – 14 January 2014) was a Norwegian writer and law professor at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (NRCCL), and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Bing was considered a pioneer in internation ..., Norwegian writer and law professor * Jonathan Bing, New York politician {{hndis, Byng, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canongate Books
Canongate Books (trading as Canongate) is an independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is named after the Canongate area of the city. It is most recognised for publishing the Booker Prize winning novel '' Life of Pi'' (2001). Canongate was named the British Book Awards Publisher of the Year in 2003 and 2009. Origins Canongate was founded in 1973 by Stephanie Wolfe Murray and her husband Angus Wolfe Murray. Originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs, its most major author was Alasdair Gray. In 1994, it was purchased from the receiver in a management buyout led by Jamie Byng, using funds provided by his stepfather Christopher Bland and his father-in-law Charlie McVeigh, and began to publish more general works, including the '' Pocket Canons'' editions of books of the Bible, as well as the '' Payback Press'' and '' Rebel Inc.'' imprints. Byng is CEO of the company. In June 2010 it was announced that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James W
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byng Inlet, Ontario
Byng Inlet is a ghost town and community in Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. For a period in the nineteenth century it was home to one of the largest sawmill operations in Canada. The name of the town came from that of the English Admiral John Byng. It is also the name of the body of water, on which the village is situated, on the south shore of the Byng Inlet a widening of the Magnetawan River, near its mouth on Georgian Bay. The Byng Inlet area is administered as part of Britt's local services board. . Canadian Legal Information Institute. History First established as a mill town in 1869, there have been a number mills at Byng Inlet. At first, growth of the village was sporadic, oper ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Byng
James Byng (born 1985) is an English actor and vocalist. Acting since the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of ''Oliver!'' at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the national tour of ''Oliver!'' and at the Royal Charity Gala '' Hey! Mr. Producer'', honoring theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh at the Lyceum Theatre on 8 June 1998. Byng also played Gavroche in ''Les Misérables'' at the Palace Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 he was seen on stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, first playing various ensemble roles and then taking over the part of Frodo Baggins in Matthew Warchus' theatrical adaption of ''The Lord of the Rings''. In 2008-09 Byng appeared in the role of John Darling in the musical ''Peter Pan'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. He just finished a tour with the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of '' The History Boys'' by Alan Bennet, in which he played Posner. From September until November 2010 Byng was on tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
