Byng's execution is referred to in Voltaire's novel Candide with the line "Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les a

Byng's execution is referred to in Voltaire's novel Candide with the line "Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres" – "In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others."[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756)