Robert Byng (Plymouth MP)

Robert Byng (1703–1740) was a British Navy official and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1739.

He served as Governor of Barbados for a short time before he died there.

[1] Byng became cashier of the navy in 1726 and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth on the Admiralty interest at a by-election on 1 March 1728.

In May 1739, he was appointed Governor of Barbados and resigned his seat in Parliament.

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