Lord Francis Conyngham

Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham (24 September 1832 – 14 September 1880) was an Irish politician who sat in the United Kingdom Parliament as a member of parliament.

Background

Conyngham was a younger son of The 2nd Marquess Conyngham[1] and Lady Jane (née Paget), daughter of Field Marshal The 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He served in the Royal Navy and achieved the rank of lieutenant.[1]

Political career

Conyngham was returned to Parliament for County Clare[1] in 1857,[2] a seat he held until 1859 and again between 1874 and 1880.[3][4]

Personal life

Conyngham married the Hon. Georgiana Charlotte, daughter of The 1st Baron Tredegar, in 1857.[3] There were no children from the marriage. He died in Gloucester, in September 1880, aged 47.[4][5]

His wife later remarried and died in April 1886.

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