See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• SEYMOUR
• SEYMOUR, HORATIO (1810-1886)
• SEYMOUR, or ST MAUR
• SEYMOUR, THOMAS

SEYMOUR See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

CONWAY (1721-1795)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal and statesman, was the second son of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• SEYMOUR
• SEYMOUR, HORATIO (1810-1886)
• SEYMOUR, or ST MAUR
• SEYMOUR, THOMAS

Seymour, of Ragley, See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, who took the name of See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway on succeeding to the estates of the See also:

• EARL

earl of Conway in 1699 and was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Conway in 1703 (see SEYMOUR or ST MAUR) . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Seymour Conway's See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Francis, 2nd Baron Conway, was created See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• HERTFORD
• HERTFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Hertford in 1793; his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was a See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole's wife, and he was therefore first See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin to See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace Walpole, with whom he was on terms of intimate friendship throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life . Having entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, Conway was elected to the Irish See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1741 as member for See also:

• ANTRIM
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1636)
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1609-1683)

Antrim, which he continued to represent for twenty years; in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he became a member of the English See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, sitting for Higham See also:

• FERRERS
• FERRERS, LAURENCE SHIRLEY, 4TH EARL (1720-1760)

Ferrers in See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire, and he remained in parliament, representing successively a number of different constituencies, almost without interruption for more than See also:

• FORTY

forty years . Meantime he saw much service in the army abroad, where he served with conspicuous bravery and not without distinction . In 1745 he became aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• FONTENOY

Fontenoy; in the following year he had command of a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment at See also:

• CULLODEN

Culloden . In 1755 he went to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland as secretary to the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant, a position which he held for one year only; and on his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he received a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, having already been promoted See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . In 1957 he was associated with Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Mordaunt in command of an abortive expedition against Rochfort, the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete failure of which brought Conway into discredit and involved him in a pamphlet controversy . In 1759 he became lieutenant-general, and served under See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1761–1763 . Returning to England he took See also:

• PART

part in the debates in parliament on the Wilkes See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, in which he opposed the views of the court, speaking strongly against the legality of general warrants . His conduct in this See also:

• MATTER

matter highly incensed the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, who insisted on Conway being deprived of his military command as well as of his appointment in the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . His dismissal along with other See also:

• OFFICERS

officers was the occasion of another See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper controversy in which Conway was defended by Horace Walpole, and gave rise to much constitutional dispute as to the right of the king to remove military officers for their conduct in parliament—a right that was tacitly abandoned by the See also:

• CROWN

Crown when the See also:

• ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, 2ND MARQUESS OF (173o-1782)

Rockingham See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of 1765 reinstated the officers who had been removed . In this ministry Conway took See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, with the leadership of the House of Commons .

In the dispute with the See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonies his sympathies were with the latter, and in 1766 he carried the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

Stamp See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act . When in See also:

• JULY

July of that year Rockingham gave See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham, Conway retained his office; and when Chatham became incapacitated by illness he tamely acquiesced in See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend's reversal of the American policy which he himself had so actively furthered in the previous See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1768, offended by the growing See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction which joined the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, Conway resigned the See also:

• SEALS

seals of office, though he was persuaded by the king to remain a member of the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet and " See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

Minister of the House of Commons." When, however, Lord See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North became premier in 1770, Conway resigned from the cabinet and was appointed to the command of the royal regiment of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards; and in 1772 he became See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island being twice invaded by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French during his See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of command . In 178o and 1781 he took an active part in opposition to Lord North's American policy, and it was largely as the result of his See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February in the latter year, demanding the cessation of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the colonies, when the ministerial See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority was reduced to one, that Lord North resigned office . In the Rockingham government that followed General Conway became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief with a seat in the cabinet; and he retained office under Shelburne when Rocking-See also:

• HAM

ham died a few months later . On See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt's See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation to the premier-See also:

• SHIP

ship, Conway supported See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox in opposition; but after the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of parliament in 1784 he retired from See also:

• POLITICAL

political life . He was made field marshal in 1793,and died at See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley-on-See also:

• THAMES

Thames on the 9th of July 1795 . Conway married in 1747 See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline, daughter of General See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell (afterwards duke of See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll), and widow of the earl of See also:

• AYLESBURY

Aylesbury . He had one daughter, See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, who married John Damer, son of Lord See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, and who inherited a life See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• STRAWBERRY (Fragaria)

Strawberry See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill under the will of Horace Walpole . Conway was personally one of the most popular men of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . He was handsome, conciliatory and agreeable, and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of refined See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste and untarnished See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . As a soldier he was a dashing officer, but a poor general .

He was weak, vacillating and ineffective as a politician, lacking in See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and decision, and without any See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . In his later years he dabbled in literature and the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, and interested himself in See also:

• ARBORICULTURE (Lat. arbor, a tree)

arboriculture in his retirement at Henley-on-Thames . See Horace Walpole, Letters, edited by P . See also:

• CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER (c.1655-173o)
• CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN (1784-1842)
• CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM (1805-1861)

Cunningham (9 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1857), many of the letters being addressed to Conway; See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George II . (2 vols., London, 1822) ; Memoirs of the Reign of George III., edited by Sir D. le Marchant (4 vols., London, 1845) ; See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the Reign of George III., 1771–1783 (2 vols., London, 1859) . See also the duke of See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham and See also:

• CHANDOS, BARONS AND DUKES OF
• CHANDOS, SIR JOHN (?-137o)

Chandos, Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George III . (4 vols., London, 1853) . Much See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about Conway will also be found in the See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of his leading See also:

• CON

con-temporaries, Rockingham, Shelburne, Chatham, Pitt and Fox . (R . J .