Family and Education
b. 12 Feb. 1743, 1st s. of Francis, 1st Mq. of Hertford, and bro. of Lord George Seymour, Lord Robert Seymour, Hon. Hugh Seymour Conway and Hon. William Seymour Conway. educ. Eton 1754; Christ Church, Oxf. 1759; Grand Tour. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1768, Hon. Alice Elizabeth Windsor (d. 11 Feb. 1772), da. and coh. of Herbert Windsor, 2nd Visct. Windsor [I], 1da.; (2) 20 May 1776, Hon. Isabella Anne Ingram Shepheard, da. and coh. of Charles Ingram, 9th Visct. Irvine [S], 1s. Styled Earl of Yarmouth 5 July 1793; suc. fa. as 2nd Mq. of Hertford 14 June 1794; suc. to estates of fa.-in-law taking additional name of Ingram 18 Dec. 1807; KG 18 July 1807.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1761 – 76; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] July 1765 – Aug. 1766; PC [I] 18 Oct. 1765; constable, Dublin Castle Sept. 1766 – d.; ld. of Treasury Mar. 1774 – Sept. 1780; PC [GB] 2 Feb. 1780; cofferer of Household 1780 – Mar. 1782; spec. mission to the King of Prussia and the German courts 1793 – 94; col. (army) and military emissary to the allies in Germany 1794; master of the Horse May 1804 – Feb. 1806; ld. chamberlain Mar. 1812-July 1821.
Custos rot. co. Antrim 1802 – d. ld. lt. Warws. 1816 – d.
Col. Warws. militia 1794, brevet col. 1794; lt.-col. commdt. Stratford-on-Avon vols. 1803.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
SEYMOUR CONWAY, Francis (1743-1822)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image