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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1704-10-11
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:All_Saints_Church,_Southill,_Bedfordshire
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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execution by firing squad
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gptkbp:courtMartialDate
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1757
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1757-03-14
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gptkbp:endDate
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1757
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gptkbp:executedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:father
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gptkb:George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington
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gptkbp:foundGuiltyOf
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failing to do his utmost
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:William_Byng
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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William Byng
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced British naval law
subject of Voltaire's Candide
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Battle_of_Minorca
court-martial and execution
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:naval_officer
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Wrotham,_Kent,_England
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Portsmouth,_England
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gptkbp:rank
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gptkb:Admiral
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
Battle of Minorca (1756)
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gptkbp:startYear
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1718
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:Admiral_of_the_Blue
Sir
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Byng
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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