Family and Education
b. c. 1705, 2nd s. of Maj.-Gen. Henry Conyngham of Slane and Mount Charles by Mary, da. and h. of Sir John Williams, 2nd Bt., of Minster, wid. of Charles Petty, 1st Baron Shelburne [I]. m. Dec. 1744, Ellen, da. and h. of Solomon Merrett, London merchant, s.p. suc. bro. 26 Oct. 1738; cr. Baron Mount Charles [I] 3 Oct. 1753; Visct. Conyngham [I] 20 July 1756; Earl Conyngham [I] 4 Jan. 1781.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1727 – 53, P.C. [I] 27 May 1748.
Lt. 4 Drag. Gds. Jan. 1725; capt. Royal Irish Drags. Nov. 1725.
Main residences: Minster, Kent; Slane, co. Meath; Mount Charles, co. Donegal.
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Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CONYNGHAM, Henry, 1st Baron Mount Charles [I] (c.1705-81)
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Oxford 1644
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