Complex sentence: Byng was installed as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath on 17 June 1725 and appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in August 1727; in this role he was instrumental in the establishment of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth.
Split into simpler sentences: Byng was installed as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath on 17 June 1725 and appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in August 1727. Byng's administration of the Admiralty was distinguished by the establishment of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth.