Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham

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Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham (13 March 1924 – 3 March 2009), known among friends and family as "Mount", was an Anglo-Irish

styled
Earl of Mount Charles until 1974.

Biography

The elder son of

mentioned in despatches). He left the British Army in 1945 with the rank of Captain
.

Descended from a prominent

conservationist. A talented sportsman, golf and angling were among his favourite pursuits.[citation needed
]

On the death of his father in 1974 he succeeded to the family titles. Although most of his titles were in the Peerage of Ireland, he became eligible to sit in the British House of Lords by virtue of his subsidiary title Baron Minster, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] Despite this, he never took his seat, and with the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 lost his right.[3][4]

In 1976, he left Ireland to live in the

son at Slane Castle. He fell ill with cancer in late 2008 and died six months later on a visit to Johannesburg
in March 2009 aged 84.

Conyngham's burial service on 10 March 2009 was held at St Paul's Church, Ramsey, Isle of Man was led by Bishop Robert Paterson.

Marriages and children

On 29 April 1950, Conyngham married Eileen Wren Newsam, by whom he had three sons before divorcing in 1970:

  • Henry Vivien Pierpont Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham
    (born 23 May 1951)
  • Lord Simon Charles Eveleigh Wren Conyngham (born 20 November 1953)
  • Lord Frederick William Patrick Conyngham (born 23 March 1959)[5]

His second marriage, in 1971, to Elizabeth Rudd (née Hughes) was also dissolved. His third wife, Daphne Walker (née Armour), whom he married in 1980, died in 1986: a son from her first marriage is Lieutenant General Sir

Dame of Justice of the Order of St John (DStJ) in 2010.[6]

References

Citations

  1. ^ "No. 36088". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1943. pp. 3150–3151.
  2. ^ Bedford (1999), pg. 92.
  3. ^ Bedford (1999), pg. 486.
  4. ^ Bedford (2000), pg. 365.
  5. ^ Mosley (2003). p. 878.
  6. ^ "No. 59515". The London Gazette. 12 August 2010. p. 15527.

Bibliography

  • Bedford, M. (1999). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1999. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd.
  • Bedford, M. (2000). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 2000. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd.
  • Mosley, Charles (
    ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help
    )

External links
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Marquess Conyngham
1974–2009 		Succeeded by
Henry Conyngham
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