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Conway Baronets
The Conway Baronetcy, of Bodrythan in the County of Flint, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 July 1660 for Henry Conway, subsequently Member of Parliament for Flintshire. He was a descendant of John Conway, whose brother Edward was the ancestor of the Earls of Conway. The second Baronet represented both Flintshire and Flint in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1721. Conway baronets, of Bodrythan (1660) *Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet (1635–1669) *Sir John Conway, 2nd Baronet (–1721) See also *Earl of Conway The Earl of Conway was an aristocratic title in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created in 1679 for Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (c.1623-1683), subsequently Secretary of State for the Northern Department. When Edward Conway died ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet (1630–1669) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 to 1669. Conway was the son of William Conway of Bodrythan, Flintshire and his wife Lucy Mostyn, daughter of Thomas Mostyn of Rhyd. He was Sheriff of Flintshire from 1656 to 1657. He was created a baronet on 25 July 1660. In 1661, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire in the Cavalier Parliament. Conway died at the age of about 39. Conway married Mary Lloyd, daughter of Richard Lloyd of Esclusham, Denbighshire. He was succeeded by his son John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon .... References 1630 births 1669 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales 17th-century W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flintshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries From its creation in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the borough constituency of Flint or that of Flint Boroughs, which together existed from the 16th century until 1918. In 1889 an administrative county of Flintshire was created. This formed the basis of the constituency which existed from 1918 until 1950, when the county was split between East and West divisions. Members of Parliament Before 1604 1604–1950 Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Following the election, Lloyd-Mostyn's election was declared void and Glynne was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Conway
The Earl of Conway was an aristocratic title in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created in 1679 for Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (c.1623-1683), subsequently Secretary of State for the Northern Department. When Edward Conway died in 1683, he had no heir and the title automatically became extinct. The family seats of the Conway family were Conwy Castle in Wales and Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, England. Edward Conway was descended from Sir John Conway, Governor of Ostend, whose son Edward Conway (1564-1631), Secretary of State and Lord President of the Council, was created Baron Conway, of Ragley in the County of Warwick, in 1624, and Viscount Conway, of Conway Castle, in 1627, and Viscount Killultagh also in 1627, all in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway (1594-1655), a soldier and politician who in 1628 was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title Baron Conw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint (UK Parliament Constituency)
Flint Boroughs (sometimes known as Flint or the Flint District of Boroughs) was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. Boundaries From its first known general election in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of a number of boroughs within the historic county of Flintshire (historic), Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the county constituency of Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency), Flintshire, which existed from the 16th century until 1950. After 1918 Flintshire was represented in Parliament by the single member county constituency, which included all the boroughs formerly in the Flint Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Conway, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Conway, 2nd Baronet (c. 1662 – 1721) of Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1721. Early life Conway was the eldest son of Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet of Bodrhyddan and his wife Mary Lloyd, daughter of Sir Richard Lloyd of Ecclesham, Denbighshire. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1669. He was educated at Eton College in 1678 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 10 June 1679, aged 16. Career Conway became a freeman of Denbigh in 1679. At the 1685 general election he was returned as MP for Flintshire. He did not stand in 1687 as he was selected to be High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1688 and was deputy lieutenant from 1689 to about 1696. He was commissioner for assessment for Denbighshire and Flintshire for the year 1689 to 1690. Conway was a Justice of the Peace by 1691 and after a break in 1696 remained on the bench from 1700 until his de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
