Henry Conyngham (soldier)

Major General Henry Conyngham of Slane Castle (before 1681–1706) was an Irish soldier and politician.

He was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland for Killybegs in 1692-93 and for Donegal County in 1695-99 and 1703-06.[1]

Conyngham served during the reign of James II as a captain in Mountjoy's Regiment. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of Robert Echlin's (formerly Sir Albert Conyngham's) Regiment of Dragoons on 31 December 1691 and appointed colonel of a newly raised regiment of dragoons on 1 February 1693. He was promoted to brigadier-general on 1 January 1703 and major-general on 3 April 1705. He served in Portugal and Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession, where he was Governor of Lerida and Lieutenant-General of the King of Spain's army. He was killed fighting the French at the Battle of St Estevan in January 1706.[2]

Family

He was the only surviving son of Sir Albert Conyngham.[3] By his wife Mary, widow of Charles Petty, 1st Baron Shelburne and daughter of Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Minster, he had a second son Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham, and an only surviving daughter, Mary Conyngham, who married Francis Burton.[4] Their son Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham, was ancestor of the Marquesses Conyngham,[5] who also inherited the Minster estate.[6]

Notes

"Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2, line 3: "Killed at the battle of St. Estevan, in Spain, in Jan. 1706."
Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2, line 4: "This gallant officer was the only surviving son of Sr Albert Conyngham, Knt., and ancestor of the present Marquis Conyngham."
Kelly 2004, p. 80: "... Francis Burton (1696–1743) politician and landowner, of Buncraggy, co. Clare, Ireland, and Mary Conyngham (d.1737) the only surviving daughter of Major-General Henry Conyngham ..."
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Conyngham, Baron (I, 1781) Archived 2013-04-20 at Archive.today in Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 1 September 2012.
Cokayne 1902, p. 168: "He suc. to the estate of Minster Court, co. Kent, on the death, 26 March 1669, of his uncle Sir John Williams Bart. ..."

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References

Cokayne, George Edward (1902), Complete Baronetage, 2 (1st ed.), Exeter: William Pollard & Co – 1625 to 1649
Dalton, Charles (1896), English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661 – 1714, 3, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode – 1689 to 1694
Kelly, James (2004), "Conyngham, William Burton (1733–1796)", in Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 13, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 80–81, ISBN 0-19-8613636

External links

Genealogy of Lt-Gen Henry Conyngham on The Peerage website

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[1] "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[FOOTNOTEDalton1896[httpsarchiveorgdetailsenglisharmylists03daltpage183_183,_Note_2,_line_3]-2] Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2, line 3: "Killed at the battle of St. Estevan, in Spain, in Jan. 1706."

[FOOTNOTEDalton1896[httpsarchiveorgdetailsenglisharmylists03daltpage183_183,_Note_2,_line_4]-3] Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2, line 4: "This gallant officer was the only surviving son of Sr Albert Conyngham, Knt., and ancestor of the present Marquis Conyngham."

[FOOTNOTEKelly2004[httpsarchiveorgdetailsisbn_0198613636page80_80]-4] Kelly 2004, p. 80: "... Francis Burton (1696–1743) politician and landowner, of Buncraggy, co. Clare, Ireland, and Mary Conyngham (d.1737) the only surviving daughter of Major-General Henry Conyngham ..."

[cracroft-5] Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Conyngham, Baron (I, 1781) Archived 2013-04-20 at Archive.today in Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 1 September 2012.

[FOOTNOTECokayne1902[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924092524382pagen187_168]-6] Cokayne 1902, p. 168: "He suc. to the estate of Minster Court, co. Kent, on the death, 26 March 1669, of his uncle Sir John Williams Bart. ..."