Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951) was an English

England

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 peer

Peerage

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. He was the second son (the first having died in infancy) of The Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford

Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford

Rev. Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford was an English Anglican minister and member of the peerage.- Background :Byng was born 15 January 1835, third son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford...

 (1835 - 1918) and Florence Louisa Miles (1840 - 1862), daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet

Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet

Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....

 who died giving birth to him. He received a courtesy title of Viscount Enfield, before succeeding to the earldom in 1918. He married Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke, daughter of Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th Baronet

Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th Baronet

Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the son of Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Elizabeth Colebrooke...

 and had two daughters. Upon his death in 1951, he was succeeded by his nephew Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford.