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4.10 CONYERS

(VIVIAN), 3rd BARON VIVIAN, by Louisa Alice, only da. of Robert George
DUFF, of Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was 5. at the British Legation, Brussels,

3 Feb., and ﬁap. there I9 Apr. 1890, Queen Alexandra (by deputy) being
one of her sponsors.]

Fmm'/y E5tate5.—These, in I 883, consisted of 3,460 acres in the North
and VVest Ridings of Yorkshire, worth £2,573 a year. Princi_palRe:ideme.——
Oran House, near Tadcaster, co. York.

CONYNGHAM and CONYNGHAM OF MOUNT

C H A R L E S (“)

BARONY  I. HENRY CONYNGHAM, 2nd and posthumous s.
of Major Gen. Henry C., of Slane, co. Meath, and

1' 1:753 of Mount Charles, co. Donegal (slain in battle in
‘O Spain I705/6), by Mary, widow of Charles (PETTY),
1781' BARON SHELBURNE [L], only da. and h. of Sir John

Y T VVILLIAMS, 2nd Bart., of Minster, in the Isle of
VISCOUIVTCY  Thanet, was 5. 1705, 5116. his elder br., William C.,
L I756 in the family estates  and 1.], 26 Oct. 1738; was

to M.P. for Killybegs [I.], 1727-5 3; for Tiverton 

I78 I_ 1747-54. (VVhig); for Sandwich, Kent, 1756-74.; Gov.

of co. Donegal 174.6, and of co. Londonderry 1754.;

P.C. I. 2'7 Ma I 48; Vice Admiral of Ulster

EARLDOM  1748—[79l On 3y Oc/t. 1753, he was cr. BARON

l. I781 CONYNGHAM OF MOUNT CHARLES, co.
{am {O Apr, Donegal [L], but never took his seat as such. He
' was, 2o_Iuly 1756, cr. VISCOUNT CONYNGHAM
BARQNY  in Ireland [l.], taking his seat, as such, 22 Oct. 1765;

finally, 4 Jan. I78I,(") he was cr. BARON AND
I. 1731- EARL CONYNGHAM OF MOUNT CHARLES,

co. Donegal [I.], with a spec. rem. as to the Barony
(only), failing the heirs male of his body, to (his nephew) Francis Pierpoint
Burton. He 772., Dec. 1744, Ellen, only da. and h. of Solomon MERRETT,
of St. Olave’s, Hart Str., London, merchant, by Rebecca, da. of Charles
SAVAGE, of the same parish, a packer. He d. 5.])., aged about 76, at Bath,

(3) His Arms recorded in Ulster’s oflice on his elevation to the Peerage were:—
Argent a shakefork between 3 mullets Sable, quartering Williams, viz. Quarterly Ist
and 4th Vert, 3 eagles displayed in fess Or, 2nd and 3rd Gules 3 lions passant in pale
Argent (the Arms asrriized to Griﬁith ap Cynan, King of North Wales). Crest. A
Unicorn’s head erased Argent, armed and maned Or. Supporters. Dexter, a horse
Argent, mzmecl, hoofed, and charged with an eagle displayed Or. Sinister, a stag attired,
unguled, and charged with a griﬂin’s head erased Or. Motto. “ Over fork over.” (ex
inﬁrm. G. D. Burtchaell). V.G.

(5) For the profuse creations and promotions in the Irish peerage at this date see
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3 Apr. 1781, and was bur. in the church at Slane, when the Earldom and
Viscountcy, as also the Barony of 1 7 53 became extz';zct.(‘) Will pr. Apr. I 7 8 I.
His widow, who inherited the estate of Hughenden, Bucks, ca’. 15 June
1816, aged 91, in Lower Grosvenor Str., and was éur. at Hughenden afsd.
M.I. Will pr. July 1816.

II. 1781. 2. FRANCIS P1ER1>o1NT (BURTON, afterwards Comma»

HAM), BARON CONYNGHAM or Moum" CHARLES [L], h.,
according to the spec. rem. in the creation (Jan. 1 781) ofthat Barony. He was
nephew and h. of the last Peer,(") being s. and h. of the Rt. Hon. Francis
BURTON, of Buncraggy, co. Clare, by Mary, only surv. da. of Major Gen.
Henry CONYNGHAM, and sister of Earl Conyngham abovenazned. He was
M.P. for Killybegs, 1753-60; and for co. Clare, 176i—76. By Royal lic.,
3 May 1781, he took the surname ofConyr1g/mm, in lieu of that of Burton,(“)
and was introduced into the House and took his seat 29 Apr. 1782. He
#2., 19 Mar. 1750, Elizabeth, sister of Robert, 1st EARL or LEITRIM [l.],
da. of the Rt. Hon. Nathaniel CLEMENTS, by Hannah, da. of the Rev.
William GORE, Dean of Down. He d. 22 May 1787, at the Hot \Vells,
Bristol. His widow, who was Z7. 18 Aug. 1731, zz’. 31 Oct. 1814, at Rams-
gate, Kent, in her 84th year. VVill pr. Nov. 1814.

III. 1787. 3 and I. HENRY (CONYNGHAM), BARON CONYNG-
HAM or MOUNT CHARLES [L], s. and h., Z2. 26 Dec.

VISCOUNTCY  1766, in London.(d) F.S.A. I May 1789. He
served in the army; Major Gen. 1808 ; Lieut. Gen.

II‘ 1789' I812; Gen. 1830. On 6 Dec. I789(°) he was rr.
VISCOUNT CONYNGHAM OF MOUNT
EARLDOM  CHARLES, co. Donegal [L], and, on 27 Dec.
IL 1797' 1797, VISCOUNT MOUNT CHARLES and
EARL CONYNGHAM C)  REP. PEER 

1801-32, being one of the original 28 so elected
MARQUESSATE  at the time of the Union; K.P., 22 Jan. 1801;

I. 1816. G.C.H., 1821; a Gov. of co. Donegal 1803-31;
Custos Rot. co. Clare 1808 till his death. On

(3) He appearsin 1774., “Lord C . . gh . m and Miss F . . . r,” in the notorious
tite-&-téte portraits in Town and Country Mag., vol. vi, p. 519. See Appendix B in
the last volume of this work.

(b) His Arms, Crest and Supporters were the same as those of his uncle the
1st Earl, but without the Williams quartering. V.G. ‘ _

(°) At the same date his only br., the Rt. Hon. William Burton, received a
similar licence, he having inherited the estates in co. Donegal, as also Slane Castle,
€9’c., co. Meath, from Lord Conyngham, who devised those in co. Limerick and in
England to his successor in the peerage. This William .4. unm., 31 May 1796, aged
63, when the late Earl’s estates became again reunited with the Peerage.

(5) Twin with his br., the Hon. Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton Conyngham,
G.C.H., Lieut. Gov. of Lower Canada I808-25, who d. 27 Jan. I832.

(°) See note “ b ” on preceding page.

(5) See note sub Charles, EARL CADOGAN [ 1800].

 

 

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an CONYNGHAM

15 Jan. 1816 he was cr. VISCOUNT SLANE, EARL OF MOUNT
CHARLES and MARQUESS CONYNGHAM [I.],(“) and 17 July I 821,
was cr. BARON MINSTER OF MINSTER ABBEY,(") co. Kent 
During almost the whole reign of George IV, 1821 to 1830, he was Lord
Steward of the Household, and as such, Judge of the Marshalsea Court and
ofthe Court of the King’s Palace; P.C. IO Dec. I 82 I . Constable ofWindsor
Castle 1829 till his death. He 772., 5 July 1794., at St. Martin’s-in-the-
Fields (spec. lic.), Elizabeth, Ist da. of Joseph DENISON, Banker, of St. Mary
Axe, London, and of Denbies, in Dorking, Surrey, by his 2nd Wife,
Elizabeth, da. of VVilliam BUTLER, Merchant, of Lisbon. He 41., after a
lingering illness, aged 66, in Hamilton Place, MidX., 28 Dec. 1832, and
was bur. 4 Jan. 1833, at Patrixbourne, Kent.(°) VVill pr. June 1833. His
widow, who was sister and eventually sole h. of VVilliam Joseph Denison,
of Seamer, in the East Riding of co. York, and who, in her husband’s
lifetime, had been notorious as mistress (*3) of George IV, a’. II Oct. 1861,

(3) See note sub Charles, EARL CADOGAN [I800].

(b) This was one of the “ Cararzation Peerages" (19 July 1821) of George IV,
for a list of which see vol. ii, Appendix F. As to the choice of this title, see note sub
John, EARL or ENNISKILLEN [1 803].

(C) He voted in the Parl.  for the Union, and in that of the U.K. generally
with the Tories, though he supported Cath. emancipation. The account of him in
SR2‘:/m zgf Iris/7 f).9/iz‘2'ra/ c/zaracter, 1799, though written by a political opponent, is
favourable. “To the advantage of a good voice, but with some tendency to a lisp, he
adds :1 pronunciation perfectly accurate . . . His language is precise, and unites elegance
with force . . . His manner is warm and spirited . . . ln reasoning he is condensed and
argumentative, pointed and powerful. His speeches are full of instruction; apposite,
solid, well digested. He has ever been a steady supporter of administration, and has
always deserved the thanks of the minister, though, /mrlzaps not always, those of his
country.” V.G.

(fl) She succeeded lsabella, Lady Hertford, in that position, who had ousted from
it Frances, Lady Jersey. lt is said that she had received jewels worth £80,000 from
the King. Anyhow, Greville, in his .-’l«i'enmir5, states (1821) “she comports herself
entirely as ivlistress of the Household,” “lives in one of the houses in hxlarlborough
Row,” “has presents of enormous value,” and (1829) “the wealth Lady C. must have
accumulated by savings and presents must be enormous; the King continues to
heap all kinds of presents upon her, and she lives at his expense. They [i.e. the Mar-
quess and herself] do not possess a servant; all [such] have situations in the King's
household from which they receive their ‘pay, while they continue in the service of
the Conynghams. They dine every day, while in London, at St. James’s, and when
they give a dinner, it is cooked at St. James’s, and brought up to Hamilton Place.”
G.E.C. “ It is said that two waggon loads ofjewellery, plate, €3’c., were sent away
Fr-om the Castle [at VVindsor] by Lady Conyngharn during the last months of the
Kings illness. All the time she professed the greatest distress, and prayed with unction
for his recovery:—-—

First she packed and then she prayed
And then she packed again.”

(.Wr5. Fitz/z:?H2c2‘t and Gearge III, by W. H. Wilkins, 1905, vol. ii, p. 210). Lord
Houghton writes from Rome, 28 Feb. 1834, “ One of the latest converts to Protestant

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aged 92, at Bifrons, near Canter-bury.(“‘) Will pr. 30 Dec. 1861, under
,{2oo,ooo.

[HENR\’ JOSEPH CONYNGHAM, szylecf EARL or Mocrzr CHARLES, ist 
and h. ap., &. 5 Apr. 1795; ed. at Trin. Coll. Cambridge I8I3.(b) l\/LP.
(Tory) for co. Donegal, I8 I 8-24.. He z/. unm. and ".*.p., 26 Dec. 1824,, at Nice,
and was éur. there, aged 9.9. Will pr. June 1825.]

MARQUESSATE  ‘ 2and4. FRANCISNArHAN1i:i.{Com'xc;-
II HAM), l\rlARQL'Ess CO.\‘Y;\'GH.~\M, 55:. [1,],
' also BARON MINSTER, 2nd but ist surv. s.
and h., 5. II June I797, in Dublin. Page

EARLDOM AND ofHonour to the Prince Regent till 1 81o,
VISCOUNTCY  » 1832. when he entered the Army; iVlzijor Gen.
UL 1858; Lieut. Gen. I866; Gen. I874.

M.P.(°) for ‘Westbury, 1818-20, For co.
. Donepral, 1825-31; Groom of the Bed-
BARONY  chamlier and Master of the Robes,
IV. J 1820-30; Under Sec. of State for Foreign

;~\ﬁ"airs, 1823-26; G.C.H. (civil), 1823;
one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1826-3o; K,P,, 27 Mar. 1833; Post-
master Gen., July to Dec. 1834, and, again, for three weeks in May 1835;
P.C. 20 May 1835; and Lord Chamberlain, 1835-39; Vice Adm. of Ulster
184.9; and Lord Lieut. of co. Meath 1869, both till his death. He was
also Commodore of the Irish Yacht Club and Vice Commodore of the
Royal Yacht Club.(“) He m., 24 Apr. 1824, at the house of the Duke of
Argyll, in Brook Str., St. Geo., Han. Sq., Jane, 2nd da. of Henry ‘Nilliam
(PAGET), ist MARQUESS or ANGLESEY, by his 1st wife, Catherine Elizabeth,
da. of George (V1LLiERs), 4th EARL or JERSEY. She, who was 5. 13 Oct.

rnonasticism is no less a person than Lady Conyngham, who has been living here the
whole winter, in such absolute seclusion that hardly ten people are aware of her
existence.” V.G.

(3) The yr. of their 2 surv. sons, Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, by Royal lic.
184.9, took the surname of Denim: on inheriting the estates of that family, and was in
1850, cr. Baron Londesborough.

(b) His fellow collegian, Lord Teignmouth, calls him “a tall, stout, good
humoured fellow of exuberant spirits.” V.G. '

(°) He was a pro—Catholic Tory till 1830, and thereafter a VVhig. V.G.

(5) “I hear [he] makes 3 great fool of himself and is always showing of? his
favour with the King, displaying watches, snuﬁ'-boxes, and rings which he receives
from him.” (Harriet, Countess Granville, 18 Aug. 1820). “ Il est jeune, beau, élégant,
homme ii bonnes fortunes.” (Duchesse dc Dino, C‘/2:-orzique, 17 June 1834). V.G.

 


 

 

4:4 CONYNGHAM

1798, (Z. 28 Jan. 1876, at 14. Marine Crescent, Folkestone. He 4!. within
six months, I7 July 1876, at 5 Hamilton Place, Midx., after an operation
for lithotomy, aged 79. VVil1 pr. 25 Aug. 1876, under £500,000.

MARQUESSATE [L] ‘

3 and 5. GEORGE HENRY (CoNYNc:-

HI HAM), MARQUESS CONYNGHAM, 69°C. [I.],
' also BARON MINSTER, s. and h., 5. 3 Feb.
EARLDOM AND i825, and 54;. at St. ]ames’s, VVestm.

T Entered the Army Ist Life Guards,
V ISCOUNTCY  ’ I8"'6- I 844, becoming Lieut. Col. of that regt.

IV. 1861 to 1868; Major Gen. 1877. Lieut.

Gen. in the Army 1881; State Stew-
BARONY  ard to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland I847-
V J 52; Equerry to the Queen 1870 to

1872, when he was made an extra
Equerry. Vice Admiral of the coast of
Ulster. A Liberal. He 52., 17 June 1854, at the Chapel Royal,
Whitehall, Jane St. Maur Blanche, only da. and h. of Charles (STAN-
HOPE), 4th EARL or HARRINGTON, by Maria, da. of Samuel FOOTE, of
Exeter. He c/. in Belgrave Sq., Midx., 2 June 1882, aged 57, and was 5ur.
at Patrixbourne, Kent. VVill pr. 15 Aug. 1887., under £118,000. His
widow, who was 5. I4, May 1833, d. at “The Mount,” Ascot, 28 Nov.,

and was 5ur. 3 Dec. 1907, at Biﬁ-ons. Will pr. Dec. 1907, under ,5 70,000
g;‘.'OSS.

MARQUESSATE  i 4 and 6. HENRY FRANCIS (Commo-
 
. . . . , . ., .
  
VISCOUNTCY  r ‘881 Brigade, I 87.gi—8o.; Scots Guards, I 8So—82.
V. He was a Conservative. He 172., 21 Mar.
1882, at All Saints’, Ennismore Gardens,
BARONY  Midx., Frances Elizabeth Sarah, Ist da.
of Dayrolles Blakeney (EVELMGH DE
VI’ J MOLEYNS), 4th BaRoN VENTRY [L], by

Harriet Elizabeth Frances, da. of Andrew
VVAUCHOPE, of Niddrie Marischal, Midlothian. He d. after a short illness,
28 Aug. 1897, at Slane Castle, and was 550". at Slane, aged 39. Will pr.
at £19,755 net. His widow, who was 5. 30 Dec. 1862, at Niddrie House,
Edinburgh, 722., 27 Apr. 1899, at St. Bartholomew’s, Dublin, John Russell
Bedford CAMERON. She was living I913.

 

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MARQUESSATE  5 and 7. VICTOR GEORGE HENRY
V FRANCIS (CONYNGHAM), MARQUESS CoN—
’ YNGHAM [1 816], EARL CONYNGHAM
EARLDOM AND B533’ hiiéouﬁi 1\éICC))I::II:GHE:lIARL(f:
VISCOUNTCY  * 1897' MOUN’l‘ CHARLES [I789], V1sc0UNT
VI. MOUNT CHARLES [I797], VISCOUNT
SLANE [I816], and BARON CONYNGHAM

BARONY  or MOUNT CHARLES [1781], in the peer~
VH age of Ireland, also BARON MINSTER

[U.K. 1821], 1st s. and h., 15. in Charles
Str., Berkeley Sq., 30 ]an., and bag).
17 Mar. 1883, at the parish church of Patrixbourne, near Canterbury, the
Queen being a sponsor by proxy; Sty/rd EARL or MOUNT CHARLES till he
me. to the peerage. Sometime Lieut. 3rd batt. VVilts regt. A Conservative.

Family E5mte5.—These, in I 883, consisted of 9,737 acres in Kent,
worth £1 7,432 a year, besides 1 22,300 acres in co. Donegal, worth  15,166 a
year; 27,613 in co. Clare, worth £10,808, and 7,060 in co. Meath, worth
£6,670 a year. Total, 166,718 acres,(“) Worth £50,076 2. year. }’ri;2c./par’
Rmdancc.-—Slane Castle, co. Meath.

COOLAVIN

See “ D1: FREYNE or Coo1.Av1N, co. Sligo,” Barony (Franc/2), er. I851.

COOMB BANK

z'.e. “SUNDRIDc;Ia or COOMB BANK, Kent,” Barony (Campéel/), cr.
1766, see “ARGYLL,” Dukedom [S.], cr. 1701, under the 5th Duke.

COOPER OF PAWLETT

See “ COOPER or PAWLETT, Somerset," Barony (Camper), cr. 2 Apr.
1672 with the Earldom of Shaftesbury, which see.

COOTE OF COLOONY(")

BARONY  1. RICHARD Coors, 3rd s. of Sir Charles C., Bart.
I 1660 [L], Provost Marshal of Connaught (slain by the rebel
' ' Irish, May 164.2), by Dorothea, da. and coh. of Hugh

CUFFE, of CufTe's VVood, co. Cork, was 5. 1620; he was
of Coloony, co. Sligo; was one of the Commissioners in the precinct of

(3) The Marquess Conyngham is one of the 28 noblemen who in 1 883 possessed
above 100,000 acres in the U.K., being in point of acreage the 12th, but in point of
yearly value the 23rd or 24th. See for a list of these, vol. vi, Appendix H.

(5) Arms. Argent, a chevron Sable between 3 coots Proper. Crest. A coot
Proper. Supporters. Two wolves Ermine, gorged with a. collar Or. (Nat as in Bu1'ke’s
Gm. /Irmary), ex inﬁrm. G. D. Burtchaell. V.G.