“The sentence I am going under, is a very hard one indeed; and what must every officer be subject to hereafter from the same article of war.”

About John Byng

Naval Officer • British

Admiral John Byng was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He is best known for the loss of Minorca in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. His subsequent court-martial found him guilty of failing to 'do his...