Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford

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The Most Honourable

The Marquess of Hertford
KG, GCH PC
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The Marquess of Hertford.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
14 March 1812 – 28 July 1812
Monarch George III
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by Lord John Thynne
Succeeded by Viscount Jocelyn
Personal details
Born 11 March 1777
Died 1 March 1842 (1842-04) (aged 64)
Nationality British
Political party Tory
Spouse(s) Maria Emilia Fagnani
(1771–1856)

Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford KG, GCH PC (11 March 1777 – 1 March 1842), styled Viscount Beauchamp between 1793 and 1794 and Earl of Yarmouth between 1794 and 1822, was a British Tory politician and art collector.

Background

Seymour-Conway was the son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, by his second wife Isabella Anne Ingram, daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine.

Political career

Lord Yarmouth sat as Member of Parliament for Orford from 1797 to 1802,[1] for Lisburn from 1802 to 1812,[2] for Antrim from 1812 to 1818[3] and for Camelford from 1820 to 1822.[4] In March 1812 he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Spencer Perceval. He continued in the post after Lord Liverpool became prime minister in May 1812 after Perceval's assassination, but relinquished it in July of that year. The same year he was appointed Lord Warden of the Stannaries,[6] a post he held until his death. He succeeded his father in the marquessate in 1822. The same year he was also made a Knight of the Garter[7] and appointed Vice-Admiral of Suffolk, a post he retained until his death.

Lord Hertford was also a considerable art collector, as were his son and grandson; many of his pictures are in the Wallace Collection which they founded.[8]

Cricket

Seymour-Conway was an amateur cricketer who made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1797 to 1799.[9] He was mainly associated with Surrey and was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[10]

Family

Lord Hertford married Maria Emilia Fagnani, reputedly the illegitimate daughter of the 4th Duke of Queensberry and a married Italian aristocrat, the Marchesa Fagnani, on 18 May 1798. They had three children:

Lord Hertford was the prototype for the characters of the Marquess of Monmouth in Benjamin Disraeli's 1844 novel Coningsby and the Marquess of Steyne in William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair. In his last years he was said to live with a retinue of prostitutes, and the mental instability which afflicted several members of the Seymour Conway family became noticeable.[11] Charles Greville described him as broken with infirmities and unable to speak due to paralysis of the tongue, and claimed "there has been, so far as I know, no such example of undisguised debauchery"[12] He died in March 1842, aged 64, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard. The Marchioness of Hertford died in March 1856, aged 84.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16584. p. 517. 17 March 1812.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16632. p. 1579. 11 August 1812.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 17872. p. 1914. 23 November 1822.
  8. ↑ wallacecollection.org The 3rd Marquess of Hertford
  9. ↑ CricketArchive
  10. ↑ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
  11. ↑ Hyde, Montgomery The Strange Death of Lord Castlereagh William Heinemann 1959 p.157
  12. ↑ Hyde, p.157

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Orford
1797–1802
With: Lord Robert Seymour		 Succeeded by
Lord Robert Seymour
James Trail
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lisburn
1802–1812		 Succeeded by
Lord Henry Moore
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Antrim
1812–1818
With: John O'Neill		 Succeeded by
John O'Neill
Hugh Henry John Seymour
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Title last held by
John Stewart
Lewis Allsopp		 Member of Parliament for Camelford
1820–1822
With: Mark Milbank		 Succeeded by
Sheldon Cradock
Mark Milbank
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
March–July 1812		 Succeeded by
Viscount Jocelyn
Court offices
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1812–1842		 Succeeded by
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1822–1842		 Vacant
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Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Marquess of Hertford
1822–1842		 Succeeded by
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