CONWAY, Sir Edward II (1594-1655), of Ragley, Warws.; later of Lisburn, Co. Antrim and Great Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 10 Aug. 1594,CP. 1st s. of Sir Edward Conway I*, 1st Visct. Conway and his 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Sir John Tracy† of Toddington, Glos.; bro. of Thomas* and Ralph*. W. Dugdale, Warws. 848, 850. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1611; Al. Ox. ?travelled abroad (France) 1615; APC, 1615-16, p. 294. ?G. Inn 1624. GI Admiss. (possibly Sir Edward Conway I). m. lic. 21 Sept. 1619 (with £3,000), The Gen. n.s. xxv. 98; CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 175. Frances (d. 7 May 1671), da. of Sir Francis Popham* of Littlecote, Wilts., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. Dugdale, 851. Kntd. 25 Mar. 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony by 23 Apr. 1628; CP. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Conway 3 Jan. 1631. Dugdale, 848. d. 26 June 1655. Conway Letters ed. M.H. Nicolson, 127. sig. Edw[ard] Conway.

Offices Held

Capt. ft., Neths. by 1613–24, APC, 1615–16, pp. 60–1; SP84/109, f. 99; 84/116, f. 123. lt.-col. 1624–6, SP84/120, f. 20; 84/128, f. 55; Het Nationaal Archief, Raad van State archief (1.01.19) 1908, pt. i, Eng. lias, ms. marked ‘1626’ (ex inf. David Trim). col., Cadiz expedition 1625, J. Glanville, Voyage to Cadiz ed. A.B. Grosart (Cam. Soc. n.s. xxxii), 3. Île de Ré expedition 1627, SP16/71/75. ?capt. ft. [I] 1631–8 HMC Cowper, i. 424; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, ii. 203.; vol. RN 1635–7; Strafforde Letters, i. 390; HMC Cowper, ii. 165. col. horse [I] 1638–45, Strafforde Letters, ii. 203; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 375. marshal of the army [I] 1640-at least 1641, CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 234; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 181. gen. horse 1640–1, CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 332; HMC Cowper, ii. 292. col. ft. [I] 1641-at least 1645. HMC Ormonde, i. 92, 126.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1622. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 269.

Cllr. of war, Cadiz expedition 1625; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 130. gent. of privy chamber extraordinary by 1628; LC3/1. PC [I] 1629-at least 1642; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 791; Addenda, 1625–60, p. 135. cllr. of war 1637-at least 1640; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 86; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 332. member, Westminster Assembly 1643. A. and O. i. 181.

Commr. martial law, Hants 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. oyer and terminer 1628; APC, 1627–8, p. 318. gov., Co. Londonderry [I] 1629 – 35, from 1641; CSP Ire. Addenda, 1625–60, p. 135; Strafforde Letters, i. 390; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 181. freeman, Newport, I.o.W. 1635; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45, f. 198. commr. rebels’ estates (roy.), Glos. 1644, impressment (roy.) 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 119, 127.

Parlimentarian

CONWAY, Sir Edward II (1594-1655), of Ragley, Warws.; later of Lisburn, Co. Antrim and Great Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Main residences: Ragley, Warws.; Lisburn, Co. Antrim, [I]; Great Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Author

V.C.D.M.

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CONWAY, Sir Edward II (1594-1655)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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