Paternal Family Tree: Byng
Maternal Family Tree: Frances Twysden 1753-1821
On 7th March 1829 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 22] and [his mother] Agnes Paget [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 54]. He the son of John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 57] and Mary Stevens Mackenzie.
On 22nd February 1830 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford was born to George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 23] and Agnes Paget [aged 26].
On 9th October 1845 [his mother] Agnes Paget [aged 41] died.
On 16th March 1848 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 41] and [his step-mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford [aged 27] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 76] and [his grandmother] Mary Stevens Mackenzie.
In 1852 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 21] was elected MP Tavistock.
On 25th July 1854 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 24] and Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere [aged 54] and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere [aged 51]. He the son of George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 48] and Agnes Paget. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1857 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 26] was elected MP Middlesex.
On 18th February 1857 [his father-in-law] Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere [aged 57] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Ellesmere, 2nd Viscount Brackley. Mary Louisa Campbell Countess Ellesmere [aged 32] by marriage Countess Ellesmere.
On 8th June 1859 [his brother] Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Florence Louisa Miles [aged 19] were married. He the son of [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 53] and [his mother] Agnes Paget.
On 3rd June 1860 [his grandfather] John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 88] died. His son [his father] George [aged 53] succeeded 2nd Earl Strafford, 2nd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 2nd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. [his step-mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford [aged 39] by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 19th September 1862 [his brother-in-law] George Leveson-Gower aka Egerton 2nd Earl Ellesmere [aged 39] died. His son Francis [aged 15] succeeded 3rd Earl Ellesmere, 3rd Viscount Brackley.
On 15th October 1863 [his brother] Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford [aged 32] and [his sister-in-law] Henrietta Louisa Elizabeth Danneskiold Samsøe [aged 27] were married. He the son of [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 57] and [his mother] Agnes Paget. They were fourth cousins.
In 1865 John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich [aged 53] and [his sister-in-law] Blanche Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Sandwich [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Sandwich. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere and [his mother-in-law] Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere [aged 62]. He the son of George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich and Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich. They were fifth cousins.
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In 1865 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 34] was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board.
In 1866 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 35] was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
On 4th August 1866 [his brother] Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 19] were married. He the son of [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 60] and [his mother] Agnes Paget. They were fifth cousins.
In 1871 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 40] was appointed Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
In 1877 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 46] was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
In 1880 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 49] was appointed Under Secretary of State for India.
In 1880 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 49] was appointed First Civil Service Commissioner.
In 1884 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 53] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
On 29th October 1886 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 80] died. His son George [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford, 3rd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 3rd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. [his wife] Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford [aged 56] by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 20th March 1894 [his sister-in-law] Blanche Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Sandwich [aged 62] died.
Before 28th March 1898 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 68] was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
On 28th March 1898 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 68] died at St James' Square. His brother Henry [aged 66] succeeded 4th Earl Strafford, 4th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 4th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.
In December 1928 [his former wife] Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford [aged 98] died.
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Great x 3 Grandfather: George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Byng
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Byng
Grandfather: John Byng 1st Earl Strafford 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William James Conolly
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Conolly 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wentworth of Northgatehead 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Apsley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Johnson Baron Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Johnson Countess Strafford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Smithson
father: George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Mary Stevens Mackenzie
George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bayly 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly 2nd Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Paget 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge
mother: Agnes Paget 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 1st Earl Jersey 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Chiffinch Countess Jersey
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 
14 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop Philip Twysden 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Twysden