Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham (24 September 1832 – 14 September 1880) was an Irish politician who sat in the United Kingdom Parliament as a member of parliament.
Background
Conyngham was a younger son of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham and Lady Jane (née Paget), daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He served in the Royal Navy and reached the rank of Lieutenant.
Political career
Conyngham was returned to Parliament for County Clare in 1857, a seat he held until 1859 and again between 1874 and 1880.
On 11 September 1867 he was commissioned as a Captain in the part-time Donegal Artillery Militia (Prince of Wales's).
Personal life
Conyngham married the Hon. Georgiana Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Baron Tredegar, in 1857. There were no children from the marriage. He died in Gloucester, in September 1880, aged 47.
His wife later remarried and died in April 1886.
References
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 286.
- "Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April 1857". The London Gazette (21995): 1535. 1 May 1867 – via Google Books.
- ^ Thom, Adam Bisset (1876). The Upper Ten Thousand, for 1876: A Biographical Handbook of All the Titled and Official Classes of the Kingdom, with Their Addresses (Second ed.). London: Kelly and Company. p. 100.
- ^ The Annual Register: A Review of Public Event at Home and Abroad for the Year 1880. London: Rivingtons. 1881. p. 201.
- Army List, various dates.
- H. Mair, Robert, ed. (1884). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (171st ed.). London: Dean and Son. p. 178.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Francis Conyngham
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir John Forster FitzGerald Cornelius O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for County Clare 1857–1859 With: Francis Macnamara Calcutt |
Succeeded byCrofton Moore Vandeleur Luke White |
| Preceded byCrofton Moore Vandeleur Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt |
Member of Parliament for County Clare 1874–1880 With: Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt 1874–1877 Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, Bt 1877–1879 James Patrick Mahon 1879–1880 |
Succeeded byJames Patrick Mahon William O'Shea |