Lord Francis Conyngham
Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham (24 September 1832 – 14 September 1880) was an Irish politician who sat in the United Kingdom Parliament as a member of parliament.
Background
Conyngham was a younger son of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham[1] and Lady Jane (née Paget), daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He served in the Royal Navy and reached the rank of Lieutenant.[1]
Political career
Conyngham was returned to Parliament for County Clare[1] in 1857,[2] a seat he held until 1859 and again between 1874 and 1880.[3][4]
On 11 September 1867 he was commissioned as a Captain in the part-time Donegal Artillery Militia (Prince of Wales's).[5]
Personal life
Conyngham married the Hon. Georgiana Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Baron Tredegar, in 1857.[3] There were no children from the marriage. He died in Gloucester, in September 1880, aged 47.[4][6]
His wife later remarried and died in April 1886.
References
- ^ a b c Burke, Bernard (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 286.
- ^ "Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April 1857". The London Gazette (21995): 1535. 1 May 1867 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Thom, Adam Bisset (1876). The Upper Ten Thousand, for 1876: A Biographical Handbook of All the Titled and Official Classes of the Kingdom, with Their Addresses (Second ed.). London: Kelly and Company. p. 100.
- ^ a b The Annual Register: A Review of Public Event at Home and Abroad for the Year 1880. London: Rivingtons. 1881. p. 201.
- ^ Army List, various dates.
- ^ H. Mair, Robert, ed. (1884). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (171st ed.). London: Dean and Son. p. 178.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Francis Conyngham
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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Preceded by Sir John Forster FitzGerald Cornelius O'Brien | Member of Parliament for County Clare 1857–1859 With: Francis Macnamara Calcutt | Succeeded by Crofton Moore Vandeleur Luke White |
Preceded by Crofton Moore Vandeleur Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt | Member of Parliament for County Clare 1874–1880 With: Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt 1874–1877 Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, Bt 1877–1879 James Patrick Mahon 1879–1880 | Succeeded by |