Viscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1721 for Sir George Byng along with the title of Lord Byng of Southill.
Torrington Castle, which appears to have been erected in 1340, by Richard de Merton, who married an heiress of the Torrington family, stood on the south side of the town, near the edge of it high and steep precipice, overlooking the river Torridge.
Torrington was incorporated by Queen Mary, and a charter of the 15th of James I. It received another charter in the 2nd of James II.
Torrington was visited by the plague in 1591, and in the 17th century it was the scene of some of the important actions of the civil war.
THOMAS THYNNE, viscount Weymouth, baron Thynne of Warminster, and a baronet; knight of the garter, one of his majesty's most honourable privy council; groom of the stole to his majesty, high steward of Tamworth in the county of Stafford, one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House, and a governor of the Charter House.
and viscount Weymouth of Weymouth in the county of Dorset 11 December 1682.
Pattee, second lord viscountTorrington, was constituted 22 February 1746 captain of the yeomen of the guard, and died 23 January 1747.
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