Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford
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| Preceded by | The Earl of Dartmouth |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Montrose |
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| Born | 12 February 1743 London, England |
| Died | 17 June 1822 (aged 79) London, England |
| Political party | Tory |
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Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford,
Background and education
A member of the
Political career
In 1761, Hertford entered the Irish House of Commons for Lisburn,[2][3] and later represented County Antrim between 1768 and 1776.[2][3] He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1775, and served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1765 and 1766 to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, his father.[1] In 1766, he entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, changing in 1768 to represent Orford until he succeeded his father in 1794.[4]
In 1783, Hertford was defied by his tenants in Lisburn. They elected Todd Jones, a captain in the Irish Volunteer movement, on a platform calling for the independence and reform of the Irish parliament. In 1790, with Jones arguing that reform was impossible without Catholic Emancipaton, Hertford's nominees regained parliamentary control of the borough.[5][6]
Hertford was himself sympathetic to the case for Catholic "relief" (in May 1778 he declared himself strongly in favour of the repeal of the penal acts affecting Roman Catholics) and in "A Letter to the First Company of Belfast Volunteers", published in Dublin, 1782, he endorsed the case for Ireland's legislative independence. He did not, however, embrace the call for parliamentary reform (abolition of the proprietary boroughs and a broader franchise) and he was averse to any further assertion of Irish independence.[7]
Hertford served under
Apart from his political career Hertford was also Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire between 1816 and 1822, and Governor of County Antrim.[2] In 1807 he was appointed a Knight of the Garter.[13]
Shortly before his death, he was refused a dukedom by Lord Liverpool.[1] In 1829, he ordered MPs beholden to him to vote for the Roman Catholic Relief Act which finally removed the Protestant monopoly on Parliament.[14]
Family
Lord Hertford married, firstly, the
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25167. Retrieved 30 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e thepeerage.com Francis Seymour-Ingram, 2nd Marquess of Hertford
- ^ a b "leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692–1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Online. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- JSTOR 25487483.
- ^ "Jones, William Todd | Dictionary of Irish Biography". dib.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Francis (Ingram) Seymour, second Marquis of Hertford 1743-1822". historyhome.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 12053". The London Gazette. 29 January 1780. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12054". The London Gazette. 1 January 1780. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 15720". The London Gazette. 17 July 1804. p. 877.
- ^ "No. 16580". The London Gazette. 3 March 1812. p. 425.
- ^ "No. 17772". The London Gazette. 11 December 1821. p. 2405.
- ^ "No. 16049". The London Gazette. 21 July 1807. p. 974.
- ^ "Orford | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, pp.571,1036
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Hertford
- Carr, William (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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