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 136 CONGREVE—CONROY. SIR JOHN CONWAY COLTHLTIST, was created a B.V- ROXKT of Ireland 3 Aug. 1741; d. 176G, having in. 1741, Lady Charlotte Fitzuiaurice, 3rd dau. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kerry (JI. Laxsdowne) ; she d. 9 Oct. 1774, having had 4 son8. His grandson,, , ,, , SIR NICHOLAS CONWAY, 4th Baronet fon the death of liis father. Sir Nicholas, 1795, who m. Harriet, dau. of Right Hon. David La Touche), M.r. city of Cork, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, col. Cork militia; d. 22 June, 1829, having m. 11 Nov. 1819, Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of Col. George Vesey, of Lucan House, co. Dublin (B. de Vesci), and had 3 sons and a dau. (1) Sir George Conway, s. as 5th Baronet. (2) Charles Vesev Coltlinrst-Vesev, of Lncan House, co. Dubhn ; J.P. and D.I,.; hijih slierifT, 18r)8; lieut.-col. Dublin L.l. militia, and formiTlv an officer 81st foot; he assumed by R.L._21 Nov. 18C0, the adiiitioiiul siirnanic and anus of Vesey ; heir pre- sumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 13 June, 1826; m. 20 July, 18i">8. Anne, dan. of Col. David Fraser, and has 3 sons, /I/ George, 5;!rd foot, late Dublin co. mil. b. 27 April, 1859. /2/ Charles Nicholiis. 2n.l lieut. 8th hassars, formerly co. Dublin mil. ami Cavan mil.; h. 11 Aug. 1860. /3/ Edward Robert, b. 30 April, 1862. (3) David La Touche, lieut.-col. in the army (h. p.); 20th foot; served with 17th regt. In Crimea; M.P. co. Cork, 1879; b. 1828 (4) Emilv Frances, m. 1851, to George Augustus Bayly, Esq. of Ballj-arthur, co. Wicklow (M. Angleset), who d. s. p. 3 May, 1860. SIR GEORGE CONAVAY, 5th Baronet, M.P. Kinsale 1863/74 ; b. 1824 ; d. 24 Sept. 1878, having m. 14 Jan, i846, Louisa Jane, only dau. of St. John Jeffreys, Esq. of Blarney Castle, co. Cork, and had a son and 4 daus. (1) Sir George St. John, 6th and present Baronet. (2) Emily Jane. (3) Ann Cape. (4) Louisa Julia, m. 17 June, 1878, to Samuel Bruce, Esq. of Comber, co. Down (BART.). (5) AUce Conway. (Tiii.s Baroxetct is supposed to be extinct.) CONGREVE, Sir William Augustus (] 812. U.K.); s. his father as 3rd Baronet in 1828; b. 1827; not knoTi to be living. Arms — (No anns recorded but the following are used) — Sa. a chevron between three battle axes arg. Crest — A falcon wings expanded ppr. over it the motto " Persevere." Motto — Non moritur cujus fama vivit. ilinfagc. SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE (son of Thomas Congreve, of Highgate, Middx.), lieut.-gen. in the army, col. com. R.A. comptroller of the royal laboratory at Woolwich and sujier- Intendent of military machines, was created a Baronet 7 Dec. 1812; b. at Walton, Staff. 4 July, 1743; d. 30 April, 1814, having m. 1st — 1771, Rebecca, dau. of Fleet Elmstone, Esq. R.N.; she d. 1791. He m. 2ndly— 2/3 Jan. 1803/4, Julia Elizabeth, widow of Gen. Eyre, R.A. and dau. and coheir of Daniel Josias Olivier, of London, merchant; .she d. s. p. 6 Dec. 1831. By his 1st wife he had with other issue a son, SIR WILLIAM, 2nd Baronet, lieut.-col. R.A. F.R.s. In 1808 invented the rocket which bears his name, was presented by the Emix;ror Alexander with the Russian order of St. Anne, as an acknowle<lgment of the services rendered by the rocket briga<le at the battle of Leipsic in 1813, M.l". I'lymoutli. 1820, 1826, Gatton, 1812, senior equerry to the King, comptroller of the royal laboratory, and supt. of the military repository at Woolwich, 1814/28; b. 20 May, 1772 ; bur. at Toulouse IC May, 1828, having m. Dec. 1824, Isabella Charlotte, relict of Henry Nisbett MacEvoy, Esq. (she re-m. 23 April, 1835, to Charles Fenton Whiting, Ivsq.), and had 2 sons and a dau. (1) Sir William Augustus, 3rd and iirtsont Baronet. (2) William Frederick, b. 1828; not known to be living. (3) Isabella Christine, m. 28 Jan. 1863, to William Comer Petheram, Esq. of Pinhoe, Devon, Q.c. 1880, bar.-at-law m.t 1869. /~^ONROy, Sir John, ^-^ of Llanbrynmair, CO. Montgomery (1837, u. K.) ; s. his father as 3rd Baronet in 1869; b. 16 Aug. 1845 ; heir presumptive, his uncle Col. Henry G. Conroy. Arms — Az. in base a book open ppr. indexed and edged or a chief embattled of the last. Crest — A dexter arm vested or cuffed erm. in the hand a UTcath of laurel ppr. MOTTO — In Irish, signifying " History (once written in the book) cannot be de- stroyed by time." Seats — Arborfield Grange, near Reading, and Llan- brynmair, Montgomery. Uinfasp. JOHN PONSONBY CONROY, bar.-at-law [son of John Con- roy, of Bettifield, co. Roscommon (by Elizabeth, dau. and sole heir of Robert Foulke, of Curragh, co. Cork), descended from Moylin O'Mulconry, who d. 1637, and whose lineage Is recorded in Ulster's office for many generations] ; b. 1759, d. 23 Sept. 1791, having m. 1785, Margaret, dau. of Francis Vernon Wilson, Esq. of Tully, co. Longlord, and had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir John, created a Baronet. (2) Llewellen (3rd son), major E.I.C.S. A.D.C. to governor of India (Lord Hastings); b. 1790; d. in the East Indies 5 Sept. 1825, having m. Claudine, dau. of John Palmer, of Calcutta, banker, and widow of Kerr, and had 2 sons, /I/ John Augustus, d. at Dry Hill, Tunbridge Wells, 18 July, 1867, having m. Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Hyde Ripley, vicar of Wootton Basset, and rector of Token- ham, Wilts, and had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Augustus Ayshford, judicial department Bombaj'; b. 1852. (2) Vere Valentine, b. 1858. (3) Blanche Mary (elder dau.), m. 8 Aug. 1871, to Capt. Adolphus Vallings. Bengal s.c. /2/ George Henry William, b. 27 Jan. 1824 ; m. 1st— 15 Aug. 1851, his cousin Claudine Joanna, dau. of late Capt. Frank Palmer, E.l.C.s.; she d. s. p. 21 Feb. 1856. He m. 2ndly— 18 June, 1856, Mary Anne Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Charles Barber Palmer, Esq. of she d. 27 April, 1859. He m. 3rdly— 28 July, 1868, Winifred, dau. of late Edward O'Brien, Esq. of By his 2nd wife he had an only dau. — Ella Maud. SIR JOHN CONROY, K.C.H. major R.A. commissioner of colonial audit, G.c. Ernestine (of Saxony), g.c. St. Bento d'Avis (of Portugal), k.t.s. D.c.L. principal equerry and private sec. to H.R.ll. the Duchess of Kent, knighted 17 Aug. 1827, and created a BARONET 7 July, 1837 ; b. 21 Oct. 1786 ; d. 2 Mar. 1854, having m. 26 Dec. 1808, Elizabeth, only child and heir of Major-Gen. Benjamin Fisher, and niece of Rt. Rev. John Fisher, li.D. lord bishop of Salisbury; she d. 9 April, 1864, having had 3 sons and a dau. [1] Sir Edward, s. as 2nd Baronet. [2] Steiilion Rowley, capt. Coldstream guards, A.D.C. to (Lord Normanl)y ) I,.l,. of Ireland ; b. 15 Aug. 1815 ; d. 1841. [3] Henry Ceorge, col. late grenadier guards, heir pre> sumptive to the Baronetcy; b. 4 June, 1817; m. 1st, in July, 1842, (Jharlotte, dau. of Dillon Macnamara, Esq. of Keilty, CO. Clare, and of Birchfield, co. Dublin; she d. s. p. 5 May, 1843. ' He m. 2ndly— 30 June, 1859, Frances, dau. of William Alarshall, I Esq. [4] Victoria Marie Louisa, d. 9 Feb. 1866, having m. 10 Mar. 1842, as 1st wife, to Major Sir Wyndham Edward Hanmer, Bart, late R.H. guards. SIR KDWARU, 2nd Baronet, n.L.; b. 6 Dec.1809 ; d.3 Nov. 18G9, having ni. .'io May, 1837, Lady Alicia Parsons, dau. of Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Rosso, and had an only son, (1) Sir John, 3rd and present Baronet. Clifford-Constable— see Cliffoed.