The Conway Baronetcy, of Bodrythan in the County of Flint, was a title in the

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 ...

. It was created on 25 July 1660 for Henry Conway, subsequently

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 of ...

for

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. 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 Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ...

in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1721.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900
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Conway baronets, of Bodrythan (1660)

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 Th ...

(1635–1669) *

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 Conw ...

(–1721)

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Conway baronets, of Bodrythan (1660)

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