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 [I]. educ. L. Inn, entered 1671. m. (1) lic. 18 Feb. 1675, Barbara (div. 1697), da. of Ferdinando Gorges, merchant, of Barbados and Eye Manor, Herefs., 3s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) Apr. 1698, Lady Frances Jones, 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 18 June 1716, Earl of Coningsby 30 Apr. 1719.St. Paul’s Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxiii), 9; C. J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 146-8; L. Inn Reg. i. 311.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Herefs. 1677 – 80, Herefs. and Leominster 1689 – 90; j.p. Herefs. 1678 – c.81, 1687 – July 1688, Oct. 1688–1721, dep. lt. 1689 – 1714, capt. of militia 1689 – ?90; 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. 1714–21.
Commr. for excise appeals [I] 1689 – 90; jt. paymaster-gen. [I] 1690 – 98; one of the lds. justices [I] 1690 – 92; v.-treas. [I] 1692 – 1710; PC [I] 1693 – ?1724; PC 13 Apr. 1693 – 7 Nov. 1724.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hampton Court, Herefs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CONINGSBY, Thomas (1657-1729)
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