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HERTFORD. 227 George Seymour, only s. and h. ap., h. 11 Sep. 1725, who, as s. and h. of a titular Earl, was himself generally known as "Viscount Beauuhamp."(») His sponsors were King George. I., Caroline, Princess of Wales (afterwards Queen Consort), &c. He d. unm. on his 10th birthday at Boulogne, in France, of the small pox 11 Sep. 1744, and was bur. 6 July 1745, in Westm. Abbey.] Earldom. i. Francis (Seymour-Conway), Baron Conwat op XVT 1750 Ragley, co. Warwick [E., 1703], and Baron Conway and Killul- tao», co. Antrim fX, 1712], s. and b. of Francis,( b ) the 1st Baron, Marquessate. by his 3d wife, C harlotte, da. of John Shorter, was b. at Lindsay r ,- -i-qq House, Chelsea, Midx., S July, and b'ip, there 2 Aug. 1718; ed. at Eton; fun. to the peerage [E. and I.] on the death of his father 3 Feb. 1731/2. taking his seat [E.], IB Nov. 1739 ; P.C [I.], 1749. He was a:, 3 Aug. 1750, VISCOUNT BEAUCHAJIP(«) and EARL OF HERT- FORD.', 1 ) with a jjire. WW. failing heirs male of his body to his brother " Henry Conway, Esq." :[) was a Lord of the Bedchamber (to Geo. II. and Geo. III.), 175]'- 66; el. and inv. KG, 18 Nov. 1750; inst., 29 March 1757; P.C. [E.], 1763; Ambassador to Paris, (let. 1763 to June 1765 ; Viceroy of Ireland, as Lord Lieut., Aug. 1765 to Sep. 1766 ; Master of the Horse, Sep. 1766 ; Lord Chamberlain of the Household, Nov. 1766 to April 17S2, and again April to Dec. 1783. He was also Lord Lieut, of Warwickshire, 1757, and of Montgomeryshire. 1775-76. He was er„ 5 July 1793, EARL OF YARMOUTH, co. Norfolk, and MARQUESS OF HERT- FORD. Ho mi., 29 May 1741 (spec. lie. Fac. off.), Isabella, 2d da.;. of Charles (Fitzroy), 2d Duke of Grafton, by Henrietta, da. of Charles Somerset, styled Marquess of Worcester. She d. in Lower Grosvenor street, co. Midx., 10, and was bur. 20 Nov. 1782, aged 56, at Arrow, co. Warwick. He rf. at (the house of his do, the Countess of Lincoln) Putney, Surrey, 14, and was bur. 23 June 1791, aged 76, at Arrow afsd. Will pr. July 1794. Francis (Seymour-Conway, afterwards Ingram-Seymour-Conway), Marquess of Hertford, &c, s, and h., A. 12 Feb. 1742/3, and bap. 12 March following at St. Geo. Han. sq., styled Viscoi'.vt Beau- champ, 1750-93, and styled Ear), of Yarmouth, 1793- 94 ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 2 Feb. 1760, and was a: M.A., 15 Jan. 1762; M.P. [I.] for Lisburne, 1761- Marquessate. ~ ■n. f 1794. Earldom. | XVII. J (") In his burial register he is called "The Rt. Hon. Lord George Seymonr, Viscount Beauehamp, s. and h. ap. to the Rt. Hon. Algernon, Earl of Hertford, &c." There was, however, no Yiscountcy of any kind vested in his grandfather ; the Yiscountcy of Beauehamp conferred in L036 on his ancestor Edward Seymour (after- wards the 1st Duke of Somerset) was then under attainder and, had it even not been so, would have belonged to the Seymours, of Berry Pomeroy, the heirs male of the body of the grantee by bis Urst wife, tho' such heirs were postponed (by a spec, rem.) to those by hie Becond wife as to the Earldom and Dukedom subsequently conferred. ( b ) This Francis who on the death, IS June 1699, of his bit, Popham Seymour- Conway, sue. to the estates of his mother's cousin Edward (Conway), Earl of Conway, took the additional name of Conway previous to his elevation to the peerage. ( c ) His paternal grandfather, Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Bart., Speaker of the House of Commons (grandfather of Edward, 8th Duke of Somerset, ancestor of the succeeding Dukes) was heir male of the body of the celebrated Duke of Somerset, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauehamp, and Baron Seymour (the Lord Protector) by his first wife, whose issue was, however, postponed to that by the s«WKijJwife)[inj,the succession to the above Dukerlom and Earldom. All the peerage dignities, however, of the Lord Protector were forfeited by his attainder in 1552 those (only) oflthe Dukedom of Somerset and Barony of Seymour being restored in 16i>0 while tho9e of the Earldom of Hertford and Viscounty of Beauehamp are still subject to the said jm fciture. This gentleman, afterwirds Field Marshal the Rt. Hon. Henry Seymour- Conway, d. s.p.m. 9 July 1795, aged 75.