The Earl of Conway was an aristocratic

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in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created in 1679 for Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (c.1623-1683), subsequently Secretary of State for the Northern Department. When Edward Conway died in 1683, he had no heir and the title automatically became extinct. The family seats of the Conway family were

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and

Ragley Hall Ragley Hall in the parish of Arrow in Warwickshire is a stately home, located south of Alcester and eight miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Seymour-Conway family, Marquesses of Hertford. History ...

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, England. Edward Conway was descended from Sir John Conway, Governor of

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, whose son Edward Conway (1564-1631), Secretary of State and Lord President of the Council, was created Baron Conway, of Ragley in the County of Warwick, in 1624, and Viscount Conway, of Conway Castle, in 1627, and Viscount Killultagh also in 1627, all in the

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. He was succeeded by his son,

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(1594-1655), a soldier and politician who in 1628 was summoned to the

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through a

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in his father's junior title Baron Conway. When the elder Edward Conway died in 1655, the titles passed to his son, Edward Conway. In 1679, the son became the Earl of Conway. When Edward Conway died, his estates were bequeathed to his second cousin Popham Seymour (1675-1699). Popham Seymour assumed the additional surname and arms of Conway. In 1699, Popham was killed in a duel. The Conway estates then passed to his younger brother Francis Seymour.''Burke's Peerage'' (1939 edition), s.v. Hertford, Marquess of.

Viscounts Conway (1627)

Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway PC (1564 – 3 January 1631) was an English soldier and statesman. Notable among his descendants are Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama. He was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow, and his wife Elle ...

(1564–1631) *

(1594–1655) * Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (1623–1683) (created Earl of Conway in 1679)

Earls of Conway (1679)

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 ...

(1623–1683)

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Viscounts Conway (1627)

Earls of Conway (1679)

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