C Bruyn Andrews - The Torrington Diaries in Four Volumes

London, Methuen And Co Ltd, 1970. Cloth. A re-printed set of The Torrington Diaries. Complete in four volumes. Containing the tours through England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) between the years 1781 and 1794. Edited, with an Introduction, by C. Bruyn Andrews. And with a general Introduction by John Beresford. With illustrations and fold-out diagrams. "They give a first-hand account of England at the beginning of the machine age." Viscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, 1st Baronet, along with the subsidiary title Baron Byng, of Southill in the County of Bedford, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. He had already been created a baronet, of Wrotham in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1715. His eldest son, the second Viscount, represented Plymouth and Bedfordshire in the House of Commons and later served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1746 to 1747. His younger brother, the third Viscount, was a Major-General in the Army. His grandson, the sixth Viscount, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. His son, the seventh Viscount, served as Governor of Ceylon between 1847 and 1850. In blue cloth bindings with contrasting labels to the spines in unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Dustwrappers are generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. There are some chips and closed tears to the extremities. Spines are slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. The front end-paper has been removed from volume I. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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