Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham (13 March 1924 – 3 March 2009), known among friends and family as ''Mount'', was an Anglo-Irish

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, landowner and British Army officer, who was styled ''Earl of Mount Charles'' until 1974.

Biography

The elder son of Frederick Conyngham, 6th Marquess Conyngham, Lord Mount Charles was educated at

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, an all-boys

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. On 5 June 1943, he was commissioned in the

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as a Second Lieutenant. He served with distinction during the

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and Europe being

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. He left the

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in 1945 with the

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. Descended from a prominent

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ic landowning family of Counties Meath and Donegal, Conyngham built a reputation as a

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ist. A talented sportsman, golf and

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were among his favourite pursuits. On the death of his father in 1974 he succeeded to the family titles. Although most of his titles were in the

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, he became eligible to sit in the British

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by virtue of his

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''Baron Minster'', in the

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. Despite this, he never took his seat, and with the passage of the

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lost his right. In 1976, he left Ireland to live in the

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, although he continued to visit his

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. He fell ill with cancer in late 2008 and died six months later on a visit to

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in March 2009, aged 84. Lord Conyngham's funeral on 10 March 2009 at St Paul's Church,

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was led by Bishop Robert Paterson.

Marriages and children

On 29 April 1950, Conyngham married Eileen Wren Newsam, by whom he had three sons before

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in 1970: * Henry Vivien Pierpont Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham (born 23 May 1951) * Lord Simon Charles Eveleigh Wren Conyngham (born 20 November 1953) * Lord Frederick William ''Patrick'' Conyngham (born 23 March 1959) His second marriage, in 1971, to Elizabeth Rudd (''née'' Hughes) was also dissolved. His third wife, Daphne Walker (''née'' Armour), whom he married in 1980, died in 1986: a son from her first marriage is General Sir Roland Walker. He married fourthly, in 1987, Annabelle (''née'' Agnew), now styled ''Dowager Marchioness Conyngham'', who was appointed a

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(DStJ) in 2010.

References

Citations

Bibliography

* Bedford, M. (1999). ''Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1999''. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd. * Bedford, M. (2000). ''Dod's Parliamentary Companion 2000''. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd. *

External links

Obituary of Lord Conyngham, ''Independent.ie''
*Michael Rhode

7 March 2009, ''Peerage News blog''. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conyngham, Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess 1924 births 2009 deaths People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of World War II Irish Guards officers Manx people of Irish descent Deaths from cancer in South Africa

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