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 CONWAY 403 16 Oct. 1 71 2, he was cr. BARON CONWAY AND KILLULTAGH, CO. Antrim [I.], not, however, takina; his seat as such til! 3 Oct. 1 72 1. P.C. [I.] 6 Feb. 1727/8; Gov. of Carricktergus 1728 till his death. He»i., istly, 17 Feb. 1703/4, Mary, da. of Laurence (Hyde), ist Earl of Rochester, by Henrietta, da. of Richard (Boyle), Earl of Burlington. She d. s.p.m.^ at Northwicke, in Blockley, 25 Jan., and was bur. 4 Feb. 1708/9, at Arrow. He w., 2ndly, in 1 709, Jane, da. of ( — ) Bowden, of Drogheda. She d. i.p.m.s., in childbed, at Sand)'well, co. Gloucester, 13, and was bur. 26 Feb. 1715/6 at Arrow, in her 26th year. He ?«., 3rdly, July 17 16, Charlotte (sister of Catherine, wife of the celebrated Sir Robert Walpole), da. of John Shorter, of Bybrook, Kent, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Erasmus Philipps, Bart. He d. 3 Feb. 173 1/2, at Lisburn, in Ireland, and was bur. at Arrow, aged 52. Will pr. Ireland 1732, and Mar. 1733. His widow d. 12, and was bur. 23 Feb. 1733/4, at Arrow. Admon. 15 Mar. 1733/4 and 4 Oct. 1751. V. 1732. 2. Francis (Seymour-Conway), Baron Conway of Ragley [1703], also Baron Conway of Killultagh [I. 171 2], s. and h. by 3rd wife, b. 5 July 171 8. On 3 Aug. 1750 he was cr. Viscount Beauchamp and Earl of Hertford, and on 5 July 1793, was cr. Earl of Yarmouth and Marquess of Hertford. See "Hertford," Marquessate of, cr. 1793. CONWAY AND KILLULTAGH i.e. "Conway and Killultagh, co. Antrim," Barony [I.] (Seymour- Conway), cr. 16 Oct. 1 7 12. See under "Conway of Ragley," Barony, cr. 1703. CONYBORO See " Monk Bretton of Conyboro and Hurstpierpoint, Sussex," Barony (Dodson), cr. 1884. been the violentest of the whole party, Finch, Gower, Granville, and young Sey- mour," while " Hervey, though of the other side, was at the same time made a Baron by private favour." See vol. ii, p. 323, note " c," sub " Bristol." The " violence " of young Seymour must, however, have been of small moment. G.E.C. The 5 peers cr. in one month (as regards the first 4 of them, at the instance of the then Tory Ministry) were, in order of their creation, Lord Granville 13, Lord Guernsey 15, Lord Gower 16, Lord Conway 17, and Lord Hervey 23 Mar. 1702/3. This was for that date an unusual number of peers to make at one time, and it formed a precedent for the still stronger step taken in 171 1/2, when 12 peers were created in 5 days, for a similar object (see vol. ii, p. 28, note " b "), and for the creation of 10 peerages in one day in 1776 (see note sub Foley). V.G.