CONWAY, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Conway, Southwark, Surrey, dyer; b. ; at school under Busby seven years; KS 1676; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1679, aged 18; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; BD 1694; Fellow of St. John’s Coll. 1691; ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts. , from 10 Dec 1696; d. Jan 1700.
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 ?]
CONWAY, EDWARD, son of Edward Conway, St. Dunstan’s [check], London; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1721/2; in school list 1729; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1729/30. [Perhaps a son of Edward Conway, Master in Chancery]
CONWEY, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1603 (tutor, Mr Roger Edwards).
Conybeare, Bruce Liddell Olivier, 1859-1880
CONYBEARE, BRUCE LIDDELL OLIVIER, brother of Henry Crawford Arthur Conybeare (qv); b. 25 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left May 1869; readm. 26 Sep 1872; left May 1876; d. at St. Servan, France, 11 Mar 1880.
Conybeare, Charles Frederick Pringle
Conybeare, Charles Frederick Pringle, 1860-1927
CONYBEARE, CHARLES FREDERICK PRINGLE, brother of Henry Crawford Arthur Conybeare (qv); b. 19 May 1860; adm. 24 Sep 1868; left May 1869; readm. 25 Sep 1873; left Aug 1874; Midshipman, Royal Navy, 1875, retd. 1880; emigrated to Canada; studied law at Winnipeg, Manitoba; called to bar 1885; settled at Lethbridge, Alberta; Crown Prosecutor, South Alberta, 1888-1900; QC 1894; Chancellor, Diocese of Calgary, 1904; DCL Bishop’s Coll., Lennoxville, 1907, Univ. Alberta 1908; President, Alberta Moderation League, 1919, Alberta Law Society 1926; author, Vahnfried, a poetical romance; m. 24 Jun 1890 Letitia Ida, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Peter H. Attwood, Canadian Militia, London, Ontario, Canada; d. 13 Jul 1927.
Conybeare, Henry Crawford Arthur, 1853-1916
CONYBEARE, HENRY CRAWFORD ARTHUR, eldest son of Henry Conybeare MICE, Vice-Pres. ICE, and Ann Newport, dau. of Gen. George Moore; grandson of William Daniel Conybeare (qv); b. 16 Jan 1853; adm. 26 Sep 1867; left Dec 1868; King’s Coll. London; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1882; BA 1888; MA 1891; called to bar, Inner Temple, 14 Jun 1899; appointed to Indian Civil Service after exam of 1871; arrived in India 3 Nov 1873; Assist. Magistrate and Collector, N. W. Provinces and Oudh; Joint Magistrate, Jan 1885; Deputy Commissioner, Aug 1890; Magistrate and Collector, Aug 1891; Agent to Governor-Gen. in Benares, Oct 1897; officiating Commissioner, Apr 1900, confirmed Aug 1900, retd. Nov 1908; JP (1909) Devon; author, An Account of Pargana Dudhi in S. Mirzapur; m. 20 Feb 1889 Amy Maxwell, dau. of Maynard Brodhurst, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal), Judge of Supreme Court, North Western Provinces; d. 10 Mar 1916.
Conybeare, John Josias, 1779-1824
CONYBEARE, JOHN JOSIAS, elder son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 10 Jun 1779; adm.; Min. Can. 1792; KS (Capt) 1793; Capt. of the School 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1797 - void 17 Dec 1813 (expiry year of grace as V. Batheaston); Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; Select Preacher 1808-9; Bampton Lecturer 1824; ordained priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from St Asaph) 3 Jul 1803; an Usher at the School 1803-4; Prebendary of York from 13 Jul 1803; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1805, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1806; Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, 1808-12, of Poetry 1812-21; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 11 Dec 1812; author, On the Geology of Devon and Cornwall, 1823, and of other geological, chemical, and theological tracts; his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were edited by William Daniel Conybeare (qv) in 1826; m. 21 Feb 1814 Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 11 Jun 1824. DNB.
Conybeare, William Daniel, 1787-1857
CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL, younger son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 7 Jun 1787; in school list May 1803; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1805; 1st cl. Classics & 2nd cl. Mathematics 1808; BA 1808; MA 1811; Select Preacher 1811; Bampton Lecturer 1839; ordained priest (Peterborough) 21 Sep 1817; Rector of Sully, Glamorgan, 1822-36; Rector of Axminster, Devon, 1836-48; Dean of Llandaff from 29 Sep 1844; a leading geologist; FRS 9 Dec 1819; contributed numerous papers on geology and on palaeontology to Transactions of the Royal and Geological Societies; he and Sir Henry De La Beche founded the Bristol Philosophical and Literary Institute 1812; m. 23 Aug 1814 Sarah Anne, sister of Charles Ranken (qv); d. 12 Aug 1857. DNB.