Homer M. Byington Jr.

Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (born 1908 in Naples, Italy, died November 1, 1987) was the first American Ambassador to newly independent Malaya, now Malaysia, from 1957 to 1961. After he left Malaya, he was Consul General in Naples until he retired.

He graduated from Phillips Academy and Yale College. His father, Homer M. Byington, served in the U.S. consular service for 47 years. He is descended from A. Homer Byington.

Byington was married to Jane McHarg, and they had a son, Homer M. Byington, III. He died of a heart attack while aboard the Norwegian cruise ship Vista Fjord in the Atlantic Ocean at the age of 79 years old and had lived in Soto Grande, Spain.