John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington

John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington
Born	18 February 1743 Southill, Bedfordshire
Died	8 January 1813 London, United Kingdom
Education	Westminster School
Occupation	Army officer and civil servant
Known for	Travel journals
Title	The Viscount Torrington
Political party	British Whig Party
Spouse(s)	Bridget Forrest (d. 1823)
Relatives	www.burkespeerage.com

John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (18 February 1743 – 8 January 1813), styled for most of his lifetime The Hon. John Byng (before 1812), was one of the most notable of English eighteenth-century diarists. His fifteen extant diaries cover the years 1781–1794, describing his travels on horseback throughout England and Wales during the summers of twelve of those years.

The younger son of George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington, of Southill, Bedfordshire, he succeeded his brother, George, as 5th Viscount on 14 December 1812 but died before he had the opportunity of being introduced in the House of Lords. The family seat having been sold in his elder brother's lifetime for the repayment of debt, John Byng was thus a Viscount without an estate.

The 5th Viscount Torrington was buried in the Byng vault at the Church of All Saints in Southill, Bedfordshire. He was succeeded in the title by his eldest son, George, who took his seat in the House of Lords on 3 February 1813.

Byng was a great-uncle of the politician, Lord John Russell.

On 3 March 1767, he married Bridget Forrest, daughter of Commodore Arthur Forrest RN (d. 1770) and Juliana Frederica Marina Cecila Lynch (1722–1804). The marriage produced 14 children, 13 of whom survived infancy:

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