Biography of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford 1835-1918

On 7th March 1829 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 22) and [his mother] Agnes Paget (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 60) and [his grandmother] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 54). He the son of [his grandfather] John Byng 1st Earl Strafford (age 57) and [his grandmother] Mary Stevens Mackenzie.

On 15th January 1835 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford was born to George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 28) and Agnes Paget (age 30).

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

On 9th October 1845 [his mother] Agnes Paget (age 41) died.

On 16th March 1848 [his father] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 41) and [his step-mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford (age 27) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Byng 1st Earl Strafford (age 76) and [his grandmother] Mary Stevens Mackenzie.

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

In 1859 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 23) was appointed Rector Little Casterton Rutland.

On 8th June 1859 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 24) and Florence Louisa Miles (age 19) were married. He the son of George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 53) and Agnes Paget.

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

On 27th January 1862 [his son] Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 27) and [his wife] Florence Louisa Miles (age 22).

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

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

In 1867 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 31) was appointed Honorary Chaplain: Queen Victoria.

In 1872 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 36) was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary.

In 1874 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 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 (age 39) and [his wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford (age 27).

In 1881 [his daughter] Anne Dorothy Byng was born to Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 45) and [his wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford (age 33).

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

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

On 17th December 1894 [his son] Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford (age 31) were married. He the son of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 59) and [his former wife] Florence Louisa Miles.

On 16th May 1899 [his brother] Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 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. On 16th May 1899 His brother Francis (age 64) succeeded 5th Earl Strafford, 5th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 5th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. [his wife] Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford (age 52) by marriage Countess Strafford.

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

On 31st January 1907 [his daughter] Anne Dorothy Byng (age 26) was accidentally shot and killed by her husband [his son-in-law] Captain James Harold Cuthbert (age 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 (age 83) died. His son [his son] Edmund (age 55) succeeded 6th Earl Strafford, 6th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 6th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford (age 54) by marriage Countess Strafford.

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