Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (9 September 1812–27 April 1884), was a British colonial administrator and courtier.Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington, and succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen. In 1847 he was appointed Governor of Ceylon, a post he held until 1850.. }
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- George_Byng,_7th_Viscount_Torrington comment "George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (9 September 1812–27 April 1884), was a British colonial administrator and courtier.Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington, and succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen. In 1847 he was appointed Governor of Ceylon, a post he held until 1850.".