CONINGSBY, Thomas (1657-1729), of Albemarle Street, Westminster and Hampton Court, Herefs.

Family and Education

b. 2 Nov. 1657, o. s. of Humphrey Coningsby† of Hampton Court by Lettice, da. of Sir Arthur Loftus of Rathfarnham, co. Dublin. educ. L. Inn 1671. m. (1) lic. 18 Feb. 1675, Barbara (div. 1697), da. of Ferdinando Gorges, merchant, of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London and Eye, Herefs., sis. of Henry Gorges*, 3s. d.v.p. 4da.; (2) Apr. 1698, Lady Frances (d. 1717), da. and coh. of Richard Jones*, 1st Earl of Ranelagh [I], 1s. d.v.p. 2da. suc. fa. 1671; cr. Baron Coningsby of Clanbrassil [I] 7 Apr. 1692; Baron Coningsby of Coningsby 18 June 1716; Earl of Coningsby 30 Apr. 1719. PRO NI, De Ros mss D638/55/11, Henry Boyle to Coningsby, 11 Aug. 1711; C. J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 148–9.

Offices Held

Commr. appeals in excise 1689– June 1690; jt. receiver- and paymaster-gen. [I] July 1690–July 1698, sole July 1698–1710; ld. justice [I] Sept. 1690–Mar. 1692; vice-treasurer and treasurer at war [I] Dec. 1692–1710; PC [I] 1692–d.; PC 13 Apr. 1693–7 Nov. 1724; gamekeeper of Ireland and ranger of Phoenix Park by 1696–1702. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 110, 684; xxv. 321; xxix. 161; Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae ed. Lascelles, i(2), p. 47; A. B. Beaven’s list of Irish PCs, Hist. of Parl.; SP 63/362/10, 69; Japikse, Correspondentie, ii. 55; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1697–1702, pp. 550–1.

High steward, Hereford 1695–d.; custos rot. Herefs. 1696–1721, Rad. 1714–21; ld. lt. Herefs. and Rad. 1714–21; steward of crown manors, Rad. Nov. 1714–21. Arch. Camb. (ser. 3), iii. 189.

Commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696, Queen Anne’s bounty 1704, taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711. CJ, xii. 508; A. Savidge, Foundation and Early Years of Q. Anne’s Bounty, 124.

Chairman, cttee. of ways and means 6–9 Jan. 1697. CJ, xi. 652, 654–5.

Parlimentarian

CONINGSBY, Thomas (1657-1729), of Hampton Court, Herefs.

Main residences: Albemarle Street, Westminster; Hampton Court, Herefs.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CONINGSBY, Thomas (1657-1729)

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Oxford 1644

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