CONWAY, Edward (c. 1623-83) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1623, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Conway^†, 2nd Visct. Conway, and Frances, da. of Sir Francis Popham^‡, of Wellington, Som. educ. privately (Mr Garrard); travelled abroad (France) 1640. Conway Letters: the correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and their friends, ed. M. Hope Nicolson, rev. ed. S. Hutton (1992), 15, 29; HMC Hastings, ii. 351. m. (1) 11 Feb. 1651, Anne (d.1679), da. of Sir Heneage Finch^‡, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Cradok, sis. Heneage Finch, earl of Nottingham, 1s. d. v.p.; Conway Letters, 6, 168; CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 118. (2) bef. Oct. 1680 Elizabeth (1681), da. George Booth, Bar. Delamer, and Elizabeth Grey, s.p.; Add. 28053, f. 197; Conway Letters, 468. (3) bef. 30 Aug. 1681 (with £30,000), Ursula ( 1697), da. of Col. George Stawell, of Cothelstone, Som., s.p. HMC Rutland, ii. 56; Conway Letters, 469; Hatton Corresp. ii (Cam Soc. n.s. xxiii), 7. 11 Aug. 1683; will 9 Aug. 1683, pr. 11-14 Aug. 1683. TNA, PROB 11/374.

Offices Held

PC [I] 19 Dec. 1660–d.; CSP Ire. 1660–62, p. 141. PC 2 Feb. 1681–d.; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 65; HMC Downshire, i. 17; HMC Hastings, ii. 393. commr., Declaration of Settlement [I] 1661, CSP Ire. 1660–62, p. 306. public accounts 1666, CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 365–6. freedom of trade with Scotland 1668, Rawdon Pprs. 229–30; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 156. customs [I] 1673–5; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 586. sec. of state [N.] 1681 – 83.

Commr, assessment, Warws. 1657, militia, Warws. Mar. 1660; A. and O. ii. 1083, 1444. custos. rot. Warws. 1675 – d.; ld. lt. Warws. 1682 – d.

Col., regt.of ft. [I], 1642–?49; HMC Hastings, ii. 351–2; Conway Letters, 15. capt., coy of ?ft. [I] 1660–?d.; HMC Hastings, ii., 361–2, 363; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 222.; gov., Charlemont Fort, co. Armagh, co. Tyrone, co. Monaghan and part of co. Down 1672; J.J. Marshall, Hist of Charlemont Fort and Borough, (1921), 44; CSP Dom. 1671, pp. 328, 410–11. lt.-gen. of horse [I] 1674; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 222. capt., coy of ft. [I] 1674. CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 273.

FRS 1668.

Parlimentarian

CONWAY, Edward (c. 1623-83)

Associated with: Ragley, Warws.;VCH Warws. iii. 27n.; Skinner Row, Dublin, [I];Rawdon Pprs. 163n.; Portmore, [I];Marshall, Hist. of Charlemont Fort and Borough, 45.; Queen St, London;Conway Letters, 240.; St James's Square, Westminster.Dasent, Hist. St James Sq. app. A.;

Likenesses

none found. The miniature by Hoskins in the Wallace Collection described as a likeness of the 3rd Viscount appears to depict his father.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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