Viscount Torrington

The Viscount Torrington title was created on September 21, 1721 for the statesman Sir George Bing, 1st Baronet (1663-1733), along with his daughter title Baron Bing of Southville in Bedfordshire ( United Kingdom ). For him, already in 1715, the title of Baronet from Rotem in Kent ( Baronetry of Great Britain ) was created. His eldest son, Patti Bing, 2nd Viscount (1699-1747), represented Plymouth and Bedfordshire in the House of Commons, and then served as captain of the Honorary Yemeni Guard (1746-1747). His younger brother, George Bing, 3rd Viscount (1701-1750), was a major general in the British army. His grandson, George Bing, 6th Viscount (1768–1831), had the rank of vice admiral of the British Navy. His son, George Bing, 7th Viscount (1812–1884), served as governor of Ceylon (1847–1850).

In 1884, after the death of the 7th Viscount, the title was inherited by his nephew, George Stanley Bing, 8th Viscount Torrington (1841–1889), son of the Honorable Robert Palmer Barlow Bing, third son of the 6th Viscount Torrington. He was succeeded by his son, George Master Bing, 9th Viscount Torrington (1886-1944). After the death of the latter in 1944, the title passed to his cousin, Arthur Stanley Bing, 10th Viscount Torrington (1876-1961).

As of 2013 , the title holder was his grandson, Timothy Howard St. George Bing, 11th Viscount Torrington (born 1943 ), who succeeded his grandfather in 1961 .

• The Honorable Robert Bing (1703-1740), Member of the House of Commons from Plymouth (1728-1739), Governor of Barbados (1739-1740), third son of the 1st Viscount Torrington
• George Bing (1735-1789), deputy of the House of Commons from Middlesex (1768-1780, 1780-1789), son of the previous
• George Bing (1764–1847), deputy of the House of Commons from Middlesex (1790–1801, 1801–1847), father of the House of Commons (1832–1847), son of the previous
• John Bing, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772–1860), military and politician, deputy of the House of Commons from Poole (1831–1835), brother of the previous one. He received the titles of Baron Strafford (1835) and Earl of Strafford (1847).
• Julian Gedworth George Bing, 1st Viscount Vimy (1862-1935), British Field Marshal , the youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Strafford. Governor General of Canada (1921-1926). He received the titles of Baron Bing of Vimy (1919) and Viscount Bing of Vimy (1928).
• Hon. John Bing (1704-1757), Admiral of the British Navy, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (1742), Member of the House of Commons from Rochester (1751-1757), fourth son of 1st Viscount Torrington. Shot by the verdict of a military court.

Family residence - Great Hunts Place in the vicinity of Winchester in Hampshire .

• 1721-1733: Admiral George Bing, 1st Viscount Torrington (January 27, 1663 - January 17, 1733), son of John Bing (c. 1628–1683) and Philadelphia Johnson (d. C. 1687/1688)
• 1733-1747: Patti Bing, 2nd Viscount Torrington (May 25, 1699 - January 23, 1747), the eldest son of the previous
• 1747-1750: Major General George Bing, 3rd Viscount Torrington (September 21, 1701 - April 7, 1750), younger brother of the previous
• 1750-1812: George Bing, 4th Viscount Torrington (October 11, 1740 - December 14, 1812), the eldest son of the previous
• 1812-1813: John Bing, 5th Viscount Torrington (February 18, 1743 - January 8, 1813), younger brother of the previous
• 1813-1831: George Bing, 6th Viscount Torrington (June 6, 1768 - June 18, 1831), the eldest son of the previous
• 1831-1884: George Bing, 7th Viscount Torrington (September 9, 1812 - April 27, 1884), son of the previous
• 1884-1889: George Stanley Bing, 8th Viscount Torrington (April 29, 1841 - October 20, 1889), son of Major Robert Barlow Palmer Bing (1816-1857), third son of George Bing, 6th Viscount Torrington
• 1889-1944: George Master Bing, 9th Viscount Torrington (September 10, 1886 - April 24, 1944), son of a previous second marriage
• 1944-1961: Arthur Stanley Bing, 10th Viscount Torrington (July 23, 1876 - November 28, 1961), the eldest son of Sydney Bing (1844-1920), grandson of Robert Barlow Palmer Bing (1816-1857), third son of the 6th Viscount Torrington
• 1961 - present: Timothy Howard St. George Bing, 11th Viscount Torrington (b. July 13, 1943), the only son of George Bing (1918-1944), grandson of the previous one.
  • Heir: Colin Hugh Cranmer-Bing (born 1960), a distant relative of the previous
    • Second heir: John Nicholas Kranmer-Bing (born 1990), the eldest son of the previous one.

• Earl of Strafford (1847 Creation)
• Viscount Bing from Wimi

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ" . The Peerage .