Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford 1835-1918

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 15th January 1835 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford was born to George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 28] and Agnes Paget [aged 30].

Around 1845 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 9] educated at Eton College [Map].

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.

Around 1850 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 14] educated where he studied law and modern history at Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 25th July 1854 [his brother] George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] 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 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 48] and [his mother] Agnes Paget. They were half third cousin once removed.

In 1859 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 23] was appointed Rector Little Casterton Rutland.

On 8th June 1859 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 24] and Florence Louisa Miles [aged 19] were married. He the son of George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 53] and 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.

In 1861 [his son] Arthur Byng was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 25] and [his wife] Florence Louisa Miles [aged 21].

On 27th January 1862 [his son] Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 27] and [his wife] Florence Louisa Miles [aged 22]. He married 17th December 1894 Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford, daughter of Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet, and had issue.

On 27th January 1862 [his wife] Florence Louisa Miles [aged 22] died in childbirth.

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.

On 4th August 1866 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 31] and Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 19] were married. He the son of George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 60] and Agnes Paget. They were fifth cousins.

In 1867 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 31] was appointed Honorary Chaplain: Queen Victoria.

In 1872 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 36] was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary.

In 1874 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 38] was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

On 20th July 1874 [his son] Ivo Francis Byng was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 39] and [his wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 27].

In 1881 [his daughter] Anne Dorothy Byng was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 45] and [his wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 33]. She married 24th September 1903 Captain James Harold Cuthbert.

On 29th October 1886 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 80] died. His son [his brother] George [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford, 3rd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 3rd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. [his sister-in-law] Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford [aged 56] by marriage Countess Strafford.

In 1889 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 53] resigned all his offices as a result, possibly owing to a gambling debt.

On 17th December 1894 Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford [aged 32] and Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford [aged 31] were married. He the son of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 59] and Florence Louisa Miles.

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.

On 6th December 1898 [his brother] Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford [aged 67] and [his sister-in-law] Cora Smith Countess Strafford [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Countess Strafford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. He the son of [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford and [his mother] Agnes Paget.

On 16th May 1899 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford [aged 67] died in a railway accident. He was hit by an express train; (possible suicide but the coroner returned misadventure) at the Railway Station in Potter's Bar. He was buried at Byng Family Vault St John's Church, Potter's Bar. His brother Francis [aged 64] succeeded 5th Earl Strafford, 5th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 5th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 52] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 24th September 1903 [his son-in-law] Captain James Harold Cuthbert [aged 27] and Anne Dorothy Byng [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 68] and Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 56].

On 31st January 1907 [his daughter] Anne Dorothy Byng [aged 26] was accidentally shot and killed by her husband [his son-in-law] Captain James Harold Cuthbert [aged 30] when he slipped whilst out on a pheasaant shoot at their home Beaufront Castle, Hexham [Map].

On 18th January 1918 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 83] died. His son Edmund [aged 55] succeeded 6th Earl Strafford, 6th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 6th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford [aged 54] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 27th October 1929 [his former wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 82] died.