CONWAY, Francis Seymour (1679-1732), of Ragley, Warws.

b. 28 May 1679, 4th s. of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Bt.*, by his 2nd. w. educ. Eton c.1691, Christ Church, Oxf. 1698. m. (1) 17 Feb. 1704, Lady Mary (d. 1709), da. of Laurence Hyde†, 1st Earl of Rochester, ?4da. d.v.p. (2) 1709, Jane Bowden of Drogheda, co. Meath (d. 1716), ?1s; d.v.p. 1da. (3) July 1716, Charlotte, da. of John Shorter of Bybrook, Kent (another da. m. Robert Walpole II*), ?2s. ?1da. surv. suc. bro. Popham as h. to estates of Ld. Conway, and took name of Conway, 1699; cr. Baron Conway of Ragley 17 Mar. 1703; Baron Conway and Killultagh [I] 16 Oct. 1712. H. St. Mawr, Annals of Seymours, 517, gives 2s. and 1 da. by third marriage, but Lodge, Peerage of Ire. iv. 198, gives 4s. 2 d.v.p. 3da.