Life
Darcy was the second (but eldest surviving) son of John Darcy, Lord Conyers, (himself the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness), and Bridget, daughter of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton, Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington. He was styled Lord Conyers when his father died in 1688 and later inherited his grandfather's earldom in 1692. He also inherited the titles of 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers. In 1698 he matriculated fellow-commoner from King's College, Cambridge. In 1714, the Earl of Holderness, as he now was, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, admitted to the Privy Council of Great Britain, Privy Council. In 1718, he was appointed First Lord of Trade. He was also a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1719 to his death. On 26 May 1715, Holderness married Frederica Mildmay, Countess FitzWalter, Lady Frederica Schomberg (the eldest surviving daughter of the Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg) and they had two surviving children: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, Hon. Robert (1718–1778) and Caroline Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian, Lady Caroline (d. 1778, married the William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian, 4th Marquess of Lothian). On Lord Holderness' death in 1721, his title passed to his only surviving son, Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, Robert Darcy, and his wife later married the future Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter, 1st Earl FitzWalter.References
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