John Conyers (6 March 1650 – 10 March 1725) of Walthamstow, Essex was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the English and

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for 30 years from 1695 to 1725. Conyers was the eldest son of

Tristram Conyers Tristram Conyers (5 September 1619 – 6 August 1684) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Conyers was the son of William Conyers of Walthamstow, Essex and his wife Mary Hervey, daughter of Sir Francis ...

, serjeant-at-law, MP of Walthamstow and his wife Winifred Gerard, daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet, MP of Flamberds, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School from 1663 to 1665 and matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 7 April 1666, aged 16. He then studied law at the Middle Temple from 1666, was

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in 1672 and was made

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(KC) in about 1693. Conyers married, by licence dated 16 January 1681, Mary Lee, the daughter and heiress of George Lee of Stoke St, Milborough, Shropshire He became a bencher of his Inn in 1702. He was a cousin of Thomas Conyers, MP for Durham City, Conyers was returned as Member of Parliament for

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at the 1695 general election, and sat until the

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when he was defeated. However also in 1708, he was returned unopposed as MP for

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. He was returned unopposed for East Grinstead again at the

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and

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general elections. He was returned as MP for East Grinstead again in

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and

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and voted against the Government in all instances. He sat until his death in 1725. Conyers died on 10 March 1725. He and his wife had 16 children, including a son and five daughters. He was succeeded as MP for East Grinstead by his son

Edward Conyers Edward Conyers (baptised 14 February 1693 – 23 April 1742) was an English barrister and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1725 and 1741. Early life Conyers was the second son of John Conyers, MP of Walthamstow, Essex, and ...

(c. 1693 – 23 April 1742).

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