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 Hervey. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School and later entered

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''Eminent serjeants-at-law of the English bar, Volume 1''
/ref> In 1660, Conyers was elected

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for

Maldon Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea ...

in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online - Conyers, Tristram
/ref> He became a

serjeant at law A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar. The position of Serjeant-at-Law (''servientes ad legem''), or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are writ ...

on 29 January 1674. Conyers died at the age of 64. Conyers married Winefred Gerard, daughter of

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. His son Sir Gerard Conyers was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conyers, Tristram 1618 births 1684 deaths English MPs 1660 Members of the Middle Temple Serjeants-at-law (England) People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby People from Maldon, Essex Members of Parliament for Maldon