Person Page - 1806

     George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford was born on 8 June 1806. He was the son of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford and Mary Stevens Mackenzie. He married, firstly, Lady Agnes Paget, daughter of Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, on 7 March 1829. He married, secondly, Hon. Harriett Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham and Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, on 16 March 1848.² He died on 29 October 1886 at age 80.¹
     He gained the title of 2nd Earl of Strafford.

     Lady Agnes Paget was born circa 1809. She was the daughter of Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers. She married George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, son of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford and Mary Stevens Mackenzie, on 7 March 1829. She died on 9 October 1845.
      Her married name became Byng.

     Hon. Harriett Elizabeth Cavendish was the daughter of Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham and Lady Catherine Susan Gordon.² She married George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, son of John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford and Mary Stevens Mackenzie, on 16 March 1848.³ She died on 26 June 1892.¹
      Her married name became Byng.

     John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford was born in 1772. He was the son of George Byng and Anne Conolly.¹ He married Mary Stevens Mackenzie on 14 June 1804. He married Marianne James, daughter of Sir Walter James James, 1st Bt., on 9 May 1809. He died on 3 June 1860.
     He was created 1st Earl of Strafford [U.K.] in 1847. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Mary Stevens Mackenzie married John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, son of George Byng and Anne Conolly, on 14 June 1804. She died on 17 June 1806.
      Her married name became Byng.

     Marianne James was the daughter of Sir Walter James James, 1st Bt. She married John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, son of George Byng and Anne Conolly, on 9 May 1809. She died on 26 October 1845.
      Her married name became Byng.

     Sir Walter James James, 1st Bt. is the son of Thomas Head and Jane Holt.¹ He married Lady Jane Pratt, daughter of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden and Elizabeth Jeffreys, on 25 April 1780.² He died in 1829.³
     He lived Langley Hall and Denford Court.² He was both Berkshire.² He gained the title of 1st Baronet James. He was also known as Walter James Head. On 28 July 1791 so created.²

     Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford was born on 21 August 1831. He was the son of George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford and Lady Agnes Paget. He married, firstly, Countess Henrietta Danneskjold-Samsöe, daughter of Count Christian Danneskjold-Samsöe and Lady Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce, on 15 October 1863. He married, secondly, Cora (?) on 6 December 1898.¹ He died on 16 May 1899 at age 67.
     He gained the title of 4th Earl of Strafford.

     Florence Louisa Miles was the daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st Bt. and Catherine Gordon.¹ She married Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford, son of George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford and Lady Agnes Paget, on 8 June 1859.¹ She died on 14 February 1862.¹
      Her married name became Byng.

     Countess Henrietta Danneskjold-Samsöe was born on 20 January 1836 at London, England.² She was the daughter of Count Christian Danneskjold-Samsöe and Lady Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce.¹ She married Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford, son of George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford and Lady Agnes Paget, on 15 October 1863. She died on 11 January 1880 at age 43.
      Her married name became Byng.