George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford

The Earl of Strafford
Comptroller of the Household
In office
6 May 1835 – 23 June 1841
MonarchsWilliam IV
Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byHon. Henry Lowry-Corry
Succeeded byLord Marcus Hill
Treasurer of the Household
In office
23 June 1841 – 30 August 1841
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byEarl of Surrey
Succeeded byEarl Jermyn
Personal details
Born(1806-06-08)8 June 1806
Died29 October 1886(1886-10-29) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)(1) Lady Agnes Paget
(c. 1809–1845)
(2) Hon. Harriett Cavendish
(d. 1892)
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
Arms of Byng, Earl of Stratford, being the arms of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, namely paternal arms of Byng (Quarterly sable and argent in the first quarter a lion rampant of the second), with augmentation of honour granted in 1815 by the Prince Regent of in bend sinister a representation of the colour of the 31st Regiment of Foot, in recognition of his heroic action at the Battle of the Nive

George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, PC (8 June 1806 – 29 October 1886), styled Viscount Enfield between 1847 and 1860, of Wrotham Park in Middlesex (now Hertfordshire) and of 5 St James's Square, London, was a British peer and Whig politician.