Henry Seymour Conway

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Henry Seymour Conway was an 18th-century British general and Whig politician who served as Secretary of State and played a key role in opposing harsh measures against the American colonies.

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Henry Seymour Conway canonical 9

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
areaOfActivity British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

military affairs ⓘ
birthDate 1721-08-12 ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Henley-on-Thames ⓘ
child Anne Seymour Damer ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1795-07-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
familyName Conway ⓘ
genre politics ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
heldOfficeDuring reign of George III ⓘ
honorificPrefix Field Marshal ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of conciliation with American colonies ⓘ
moderate stance on American colonial policy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
nobleTitle The Right Honourable ⓘ
notableWork Opposition to the use of force against the American colonies ⓘ
opposedTo harsh measures against the American colonies ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Old Sarum ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Penryn ⓘ
Member of Parliament for St Mawes ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Thetford ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Wendover ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Jersey ⓘ
Groom of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
residence Park Place, Remenham, Berkshire ⓘ
sibling Horace Walpole ⓘ
spouse Caroline Campbell ⓘ
Caroline, Countess of Ailesbury ⓘ
uncle Sir Robert Walpole ⓘ
linked to: Robert Walpole

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Conway → hasNotableBearer → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Rockingham Whig → hasMember → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Strawberry Hill circle → hasMember → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Conway, New Hampshire → namedAfter → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Anne Seymour Damer → father → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Rockingham Whigs → notableMember → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Caroline, Countess of Ailesbury → spouse → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Park Place, Remenham, Berkshire → associatedWith → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
Park Place, Remenham, Berkshire → notableOwner → Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ