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

  1. ^ a b c Burke, Bernard (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 286.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b The Annual Register: A Review of Public Event at Home and Abroad for the Year 1880. London: Rivingtons. 1881. p. 201.
  5. ^ Army List, various dates.
  6. ^ H. Mair, Robert, ed. (1884). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (171st ed.). London: Dean and Son. p. 178.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Clare
1857–1859
With: Francis Macnamara Calcutt 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 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