Sir John Conroy, 1st Bt by Henry William Pickersgill

The Conroy Baronetcy, of

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in the historic County of Montgomery,

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, was a title in the

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. The title was created on 7 July 1837 for Sir John Conroy,

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of the household of the

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, mother of

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. Victoria had previously dismissed Conroy from her household and the baronetcy was conferred on him with the understanding that he would not show himself at court in return. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1900.

Conroy baronets (1837)

* Sir John Conroy, 1st Baronet (1786–1854) * Sir Edward Conroy, 2nd Baronet (1809–1869) * Sir John Conroy, 3rd Baronet (1845–1900)

Patrilineal Descent

The Conroys descended from the

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family of Elphin, Co.

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. The family had been the hereditary

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hs to the O'Connor

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. Their line was descended from Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire who was the last recognised Chief of the Sept.Edmund Curtis, 'The O'Maolchonaire Family: Unpublished Letters from Sir Edward Conry, Bart., to H.F. Hoare, Esq., 1864' in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol 19, No. 3/4, (1941) #Torna Mór Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1435 #Seán Rua Ó Maolchonaire #Domhnall Rua Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1504 #Conchobhar Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1533 #Maolmhuire Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept #Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire, Last Chief of the Sept, d. 1637 #Torna Ó Maolchonaire #Seán Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1672 (while fighting for the French during the

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) #Ferfeasa Conry, d. 1746 (first of this line to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism) #John Conry of Elphin, d. 1769 #John Conry, d. 1795 #Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, 1st Baronet (1786 -1854) #Sir Edward Conroy, 2nd Baronet (1809-1869) #Sir John Conroy, 3rd Baronet (1845-1900)

References

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