Everything about Marquess Conyngham totally explained
Marquess Conyngham, of the County of Donegal, is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1816 for
Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. He was the great-nephew of
Henry Conyngham, the member of a family of Scottish descent which had settled in
County Donegal in
Ireland in the early 17th century. He was a member of both the Irish and British House of Commons and served as Vice-Admiral of Ulster and as Governor of the counties of
Donegall and
Londonderry. In 1753 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as
Baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal, and in 1756 he was created
Viscount Conyngham, in Ireland, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1781 he was made
Baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal, with remainder to his nephew Francis Burton, and
Earl Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal, which like the creations of 1753 and 1756 was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. The latter titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Conyngham was childless and on his death in 1781 the barony of 1753, the viscountcy and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of 1781 according to the special remainder by his aforementioned nephew Francis. He was the eldest son of Mary, sister of the first Earl Conyngham, by her husband
Francis Burton. Lord Conyngham, who had earlier represented Killybegs and County Clare in the
Irish House of Commons, assumed by Royal license the surname and arms of Conyngham on succeeding to the titles.
He was succeeded by his eldest twin son, Henry, the third Baron. He was a General in the
British Army, one of the original 28
Irish Representative Peers, Governor of both County Donegal and County Clare and
Lord Steward of the Household. He was created
Viscount Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal, in 1789,
Viscount Mount Charles and
Earl Conyngham in 1797, and
Viscount Slane, in the County of Meath,
Earl of Mount Charles and
Marquess Conyngham, of the County of Donegal, in 1816. All these titles were in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1821 he was also made
Baron Minster, of Minster Abbey in the County of Kent, in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the
House of Lords. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, Francis, the second Marquess. Like his father he was a General in the Army and also held government office as
Postmaster General and as
Lord Steward of the Household. His eldest son, George, the third Marquess, was a
Lieutenant-General in the British Army. When he died the titles passed to his eldest son Henry, the fourth Marquess. He was Vice-Admiral of Ulster. Two of his sons, Victor, the fifth Marquess, and Frederick, the sixth Marquess, both succeeded in the titles. As of 2008 the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, Frederick, the seventh Marquess, who succeeded in 1974.
Several other members of the Conyngham and Burton families may also be mentioned. Henry Conyngham (d. 1706), father of the first Earl Conyngham (of the 1718 creation), was a Major-General in the British Army and was killed in the
War of the Spanish Succession.
Francis Burton (d. 1743), father of the second Baron Conyngham, was a Member of the Irish Parliament for Coleraine and County Clare. William Conyngham (c. 1733-1796) (who assumed the surname of Conyngham in lieu of Burton in 1781), younger son of Francis Burton and younger brother of the second Baron Conyngham, was a Member of the Irish Parliament and served as a Teller of the Exchequer. The Hon.
Sir Frances Conyngham, second son of the second Baron, was a colonial administrator and Member of Parliament for
County Clare.
Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham, wife of the first Marquess, was a mistress of
George IV.
Henry Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the first Marquess, represented
County Donegal in the
House of Commons but predeceased his father, unmarried.
Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, third son of the first Marquess, assumed the surname of Denison in lieu of Conyngham in 1849 on succeeding to the vast fortune of his maternal uncle William Joseph Denison, and was raised to the peerage as
Baron Londesborough the following year (see this title for more information on this branch of the family).
Lady Jane Conyngham, second daughter of the first Marquess, was a
Lady of the Bedchamber to
Queen Victoria.
Lord Francis Conyngham, second son of the second Marquess, was Member of Parliament for County Clare.
The family seat is
Slane Castle,
County Meath. The family surname is pronounced "
Cunningum".
Earls Conyngham (1781)
Barons Conyngham (1781; Reverted)
Francis Pierpoint Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (d. 1787)
Henry Conyngham, 3rd Baron Conyngham (1766-1832) (created Marquess Conyngham in 1816)
Marquesses Conyngham (1816)
Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766-1832)
Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham (1797-1876)
George Henry Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham (1825-1882)
Henry Francis Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham (1857-1897)
Victor George Henry Francis Conyngham, 5th Marquess Conyngham (1883-1918)
Frederick William Burton Conyngham, 6th Marquess Conyngham (1890-1974)
Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham (b. 1924)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Henry Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles (b. 1951)
The Heir Apparent's Heir Apparent is his only son Alexander Burton Conyngham, Viscount Slane (b. 1975)
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