CONWAY, EDWARD, 1ST EARL OF CONWAY, eldest surviving son of Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, and Frances, dau. of Sir Francis Popham, Littlecote, Wilts.; b. c. 1623; adm.; succeeded father as 3rd Viscount Conway 26 Jun 1655; Capt., Troop of Horse (I) 1660; Privy Councillor (I) Dec 1660; Governor of Charlemont Fort, Ireland 1672; Commissioner of Customs (I) 1673-5; Lieut. -Gen. of Horse (I) 1674; created Earl of Conway 3 Dec 1679; Privy Councillor 2 Feb 1680/1; Lord Lieut., Warwickshire, from 1681; Secretary of State (Northern Dept. ) Feb 1680/1 – Jan 1682/3; m. 1st, 11 Feb 1651 Anne, writer and thinker on metaphysics, sister of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (qv); m. 2nd, Hon. Elizabeth Booth, dau. of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamare; m. 3rd, before 30 Aug 1681 Ursula, eldest dau. of George Stawell, Cothelstone, Somerset; d. 11 Aug 1683 [Apparently an OW (Whitmore), but on what evidence ?]