(photo by Rice Studios, courtesy Library and Archives Canada / C-033995) Marriage to Lord ByngĪfter the Moreton family returned to Britain, Evelyn’s mother became a lady-in-waiting to Louise’s sister-in-law, Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany. Viscount Julian Hedworth George Byng and Lady Evelyn Byng (Montreal, Quebec ca.

Macdonald were important people, so I felt proud when they spoke to me,” she later wrote.

“ just old enough to realize, without knowing why, that Mr. Evelyn recalled tobogganing on the toboggan run installed by the previous governor general, Lord Dufferin,Īnd having her lessons at Rideau Cottage with the children of Lorne’s private secretary. The young Evelyn “little seal” for her appearance in her sealskin winter coat. The family resided at Rideau Hall and the Citadelle of Québec for about one year in 1878/1879. Of Rideau Hall, and her mother was a lady-in-waiting to Louise. In 1878, Evelyn travelled with her parents to Canada as part of the household of governor general Lord Lorne and his wife, Princess Louise, a daughter of Queen Victoria. That “the education they gave in no way fitted one to meet the chances and changes of life.” Childhood in Canada She was educated at home by a series of governesses who taught her French and German. She was known as Evelyn, named after her father’s younger sister. Of the co-founder of the Ralli Brothers Indian merchant trading company. Marie Evelyn Byng (née Moreton) was the only child of Sir Richard Charles Reynolds-Moreton, assistant marshal of ceremonies to Queen Victoria, and Janie Ralli, the Greek-born daughter (photo by Rice Studios, courtesy Library and Archives Canada / C-019274) Early Life, Education and Family

Baron Byng to Bagels by Joe King