John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington (1743-1813) was a diarist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Journals of tours in England by John Byng, illustrated with prints, maps, and his own sketches.

The journals were bought by the Library, 1930, 1933 and 1960 .

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45210-17.

The journals were published as The Torrington diaries, ed. C.B. Andrews (4 vols., London, 1934-8).

Diaries | 18th century

Byng | John | 1743-1813 | 5th Viscount Torrington

England | Description and travel