Admiral John Byng, 1704 - 1757. British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad for failing to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From a print by Richard Houston after the painting by Thomas Hudson.
Admiral John Byng, 1704 - 1757. British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad for failing to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From a print by Richard Houston after the painting by Thomas Hudson.
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