Popham Seymour-Conway (1675 – 18 June 1699), born Popham Seymour, was an Anglo-Irish landowner and rake who served as Member of the Irish Parliament for

Lisburn Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...

in 1697.

Origins

He was the 3rd son of

Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP (1632/1633 – 17 February 1708) was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician. Life Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, of a family greatly influential in the Western coun ...

(d.1708) of

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in Devon, by his second wife Laetitia Popham (of which marriage he was the eldest son), a daughter of

Alexander Popham Alexander Popham (1605 – 1669) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1669. He was patron of the philosopher John Locke. Early life Popham was born at Littlec ...

(1605 – 1669), MP, of Littlecote in

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Conway inheritance

On 9 August 1683 his mother's childless cousin

Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway (c. 1623 – 11 August 1683) PC, FRS, of Ragley Hall, Alcester, in Warwickshire, was an English peer and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1681 and 1683. Origins ...

(c.1623-1683), bequeathed him his extensive estates in

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and

, on condition that he should change his name to Seymour-Conway and adopt the Conway arms. Considerable suspicion was aroused by this transaction, as it displaced Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Baronet, Conway's nephew, from the succession. It was suspected that his father Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, had taken advantage of the Earl's senility to bring it about.

Career

In 1697 Seymour-Conway became

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for

, site of his new estates, in the Irish Parliament.

Death by duel

On 4 June 1699, during a drunken

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with

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George Kirk of the

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, Seymour-Conway was wounded in the neck. He succumbed to the effects of the wound two weeks later and on 18 June died in

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Succession

The Conway estates passed to his younger brother

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Ragley, 1st Baron Conway of Killultagh, MP, PC (Ire) (28 May 1679 – 3 February 1731/1732), was a British politician, born Francis Seymour. Background Born Francis Seymour, he was the second s ...

, who also assumed the name of Seymour-Conway and was created Baron Conway.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour-Conway, Popham 1675 births 1699 deaths Deaths by firearm in England Duelling fatalities Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies Younger sons of baronets

Popham Seymour-Conway Popham Seymour-Conway (1675 – 18 June 1699), born Popham Seymour, was an Anglo-Irish landowner and rake who served as Member of the Irish Parliament for Lisburn in 1697. Origins He was the 3rd son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet (d.1708) ...