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CONWAY. TodtUngtun, co. Clone, by Anne, da, of Sir Thomas Thhockmih.tos, of Corse Court. She was bnr. 5 March W12, at ArTOW, co. Warwick. Be »'. Secondly, before 30 Dee. 1619, Katharine, widow of Richard Fust, da. of Giles HuKimuocK [or Ha.mbi.eu], of Ghent, but by her had uo issue. He d, 3 and was bw. 12 Feb. 1830/1, at Arrow, Will dat. 2t> July 16-29, pr. 12 Nov. 1631, and possibly again in Aug. 1660. His willow * at Acton, Midx., 30 June, and was bur. there S July 163". M.I. Will, leaving great part of lier fortune to charitable uses, pr. 1.9 July 16311. Barony. J. Edward (Conway) Baron Conway at Ragi.ey, s. II 16 - 'S al "' ^ 1> - V lst wifc ' WM Bira *" '" s fiber's ' - - • Barony, and took his scat 23 April 162S,( n ) becoming, within 2 years afterwards, by his father's death, Viscount Conway ok Conway Viscountcy. castus, and, also, Viscovst Kiua-ltaoh [1-1 He v« bap. 10 Aug. II. 1631. Ir,94 > at Arrow ; was Knighted 25 March 1618, at Whitehall : M.P. for Warwick, 1624-20, and for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), 1626, till called to the House of Lords as ahovenicntioned. P.C. [I.] ami Marshal of the Army [I.], 1639 ; Gen. of the Hone (against the Scot*}, 1640 ; Mem- ber of the Assembly of Divines, 1643. He Ml., about Oct. 1621, Frances, da. of Sir Francis Poi'H.ui, of Littlecote, Wilts, by Anne, da. ami li. of John Dudley, of Stoke Newingtou, co. Midx. He d. at Lyons, in France, and was bur. 16 June 1655, at Arrow. His widow i/. 7 May and was bur. 16 June 1671, aged 74, at Arrow. Her will pr. July 1671. Viscountcy S. Edward (Conway), Viscount Conway of Conway Castle [1627] and Dakox Conway ok Raolkt [1624], also Viscount Barony. Kili.li.taoh [L, 1626/7], 1st surv. s. and h., about 1623 ; Capt. of III 1G55 a tro "l' 01 Horse [L], 1660 ; Gov. of Cbarlemont fort, 1672 ; Gov. of the counties Armagh, Tyrone, Monnghan, and part of Down, 1672 ; Joint Commissioner of Customs [I.], 1673-75 ; Lieut. Gen. of the Earldom. Hort!B [ U74u 0n 2;j Aprt) j 679 hc %v ., s EARLl 0K eoxWAY, I 1079 c " - Carnarvon. Lord Lieut, of co. Warwick, 16X1 ; P.C, 16S1 ; Sec. . ' of State for the North, Jan. 1681 to Jan. 1682 3 He was author of a ,/>o-> Latin work called " Oputcula Pltiionaphica." He m< firstly, 11 Feb. 1650/1, at Kensington (mar. lie. from Fac. oil'.), Anne, lister, of the half- blood, to Heneage, 1st Eakl or Nottingham, da. of Sir Heneage FlSCH, Recorder of London, by his 2nd wife Elizabeth, da. of Sir Matthew ChaDock. She, who became a Quakeress, il. at ltagley 23 Feb. 1678/9 and was bur. 17 April 1679, at Arrow. () Will pr. May 1679. He M. secondly Elizabeth, da. of George (BOOTH), 1st Baiion Dixamehe, by his 2nd wife Elizabeth, da. of Henry (Guky), Eakl or Stam- ford. She d. s.p.s. 4 and was bur. 21 July 1681 , at Arrow. He m. thirdly, Ursula, da. and coheir of George Stawell. of Cotherstoue, Somerset, Col. in the Army, by Ursula, da. of Sir Robert Austen, Bart. He d. 8. p. 1 1 and was bur. 25 Aug. 1683, at Arrow, when all his honours became extinct. Will dat. 9 An;;, and pr. Aug. 1683. His widow vi. (as his first wife), 18 March 16S">, at Littlecote Chapel, Kamsbury, Wilts, John (Sheffield), Eaki. of MuXGRAVE, subsequently (1694) Makquess of NormaNBY, and finally (1703), after her death, Duke of Buckingham. Her admon. as " Marchioness of Normanby," 10 Sep. 1697. Barony. 1. Francis Seymour Conway, of Ragley, co. Warwick, IV 1703 J 1 "' s ' °^ ^ r Edward Sey.mouk, Bart, (ancestor, by his lst wife, of the Dukes of Somerset), being the 2nd s. by his second wife L-.etitia, da. of Alexander PorHAM, of Littlecott, Wilts, b. 28 May 1679, sue. his next eldest br., Popham Sf.ymouk-Conway, 18 June 169°.,(') in the estates of the late Earl of Conway,( d ) according to the will of that nobleman (when he assumed the additional (") This is, apparently, the only instance of the s. and h. ap. of a Viteau.nl being sum. (v. p.) in his father's Barony ; a like summons, in the case of the s. and h. ap. of a Baron, possessing two Baronies (Conyers and Darcy) occurred in 1680. ( b ) See the curious inscription on her coffin plate in "Mis. Gen. ct Her.," 2nd series, Vol iii, p. 3. The long interval between her death and burial is accounted for, by her body having been preserved in a glass awe till the return of her husband from Ireland. (°) He d. uum. iu his 24th year from a wound received in a duel with Col. Kirke. ( d ) The Earl was first cousin, ex parte malerna, to Lictitia, the mother of these