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Conway, Edward, 1623-1683
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1623-1683
History
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 ?]
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.