List of Famous people with last name Torrington

John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington, styled for most of his lifetime The Hon. John Byng, was a notable English diarist. His fifteen extant diaries, covering the years 1781–1794, describe his travels on horseback throughout England and Wales during twelve summers. He was a great-uncle of the politician Lord John Russell.

Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer and statesman. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains to Prince William of Orange, who had just landed at Torbay, assuring the Prince of the captains' support; the Prince gave Byng a response which ultimately led to the Royal Navy switching allegiance to the Prince and the Glorious Revolution of November 1688.

Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831), Royal Navy, commanded HMS Cumberland, the ship which returned King William I to the Netherlands from his exile in London, for which service he was appointed by the king to the Military Order of William.

Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington,, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1723 to 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Torrington. His career included service as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard during the reign of King George II.

Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington was an English admiral and politician. Dismissed by King James II in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Roman Catholics from holding public office, he brought the Invitation to William to the Prince of Orange at The Hague, disguised as a simple sailor. As a reward he was made commander of William's invasion fleet which landed at Torbay in Devon on 5 November 1688 thus initiating the Glorious Revolution.

Major General George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington, of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a British Army officer and peer.

George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington, known as George Byng until 1884, was a British Conservative politician.

George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington, was a British colonial administrator and courtier.

Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington, styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English barrister and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1716 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Torrington.