CONWAY, Francis Seymour (1679-1732)

b. 28 May 1679, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Edward Seymour^‡, 4th bt. and Laetitia Popham, da. of Alexander Popham^‡. educ. Eton c.1691; W. Sterry, Eton College Register 1441–1698, p. 301. Christ Church, Oxf. 1698. m. (1) 17 Feb. 1704, Mary (d.1709), Boyer, Anne Annals, 364. da. Laurence Hyde, earl of Rochester, 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) aft. Jan. 1709, Jane (d.1716), da. of one Bowden, of Drogheda, co. Meath, 1s. d. v.p., 1da.; (3) July 1716, Charlotte (1734), da. of Sir John Shorter of Bybrook, Kent, lord mayor of London (1687), 4s. (2 v.p.), 3da. (2 v.p.). Collins, Peerage, ii. 560–3; Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, ii. 851; Country Journal or the Craftsman, 19 Feb. 1732. suc. bro. as h. to estates Edward Conway, earl of Conway, assuming surname Conway 1699. Add. 70126, copy of earl of Conway’s will, 8 Aug. 1683. d. 3 or 4 Feb. 1732; London Evening Post, 12–15 Feb. 1732; Daily Courant, 15 Feb. 1732; London Journal, 19 Feb. 1732. will 8 July 1727, pr. 1732 (Ireland), 1 Mar.–12 Apr. 1733 (England). TNA, PROB 11/657; Add. 34738, ff. 127–45.