Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy GCB GCMG MVO DCO (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935) was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada the 12th since Canadian Confederation.Known to friends as Bungo he was born to a noble family in Hertsmere England and educated at Eton College along with his brothers.
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active years end date
1926-08-05
active years start date
1921-08-02
battle
First Battle of Ypres, Mahdist War, First and Second Battles of El Teb, Second Boer War, Battle of Vimy Ridge, World War I, Battle of Cambrai (1917), Gallipoli Campaign, Hundred Days' Offensive, Battle of Tamai
birth date
1862-09-11
birth place
England, Wrotham Park Hertfordshire
death date
1935-06-06
death place
England, Thorpe-le-Soken
military command
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military rank
Field marshal (United Kingdom)
monarch
George V
office
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order in office
12th, Governor General of Canada
prime minister
Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Arthur Meighen, David Lloyd George, Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Bonar Law
