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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Henry_Seymour_ConwayHenry Seymour Conway - Wikipedia

    Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway (1721 – 9 July 1795) was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Henry-Seymour-ConwayHenry Seymour Conway | Jacobite Rebellion, Seven Years’ War ...

    Jul 5, 2024 · Henry Seymour Conway was a military commander and prominent British politician who urged moderate treatment of the American colonies. Conway began his military career while still in his teens and fought in the War of the Austrian Succession.

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  4. www.berkshirehistory.com › bios › hsconwayHenry Seymour Conway (1721-1795) - Berkshire History

    Field-Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was second son of Francis Seymour, first Lord Conway, by his third wife, Charlotte the daughter of Sir John Shorter, Lord Mayor of London, and sister of Catherine, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford. He was born in 1721 and entered the army at an early age. During the Spring of 1740, he was in Paris, ...

  5. www.dib.ie › biography › conway-henry-seymour-a1985Conway, Henry Seymour | Dictionary of Irish Biography

    Conway, Henry Seymour (1719–95), soldier and politician, second son of Francis Seymour Conway (Baron Conway and Killultagh, Co. Antrim) and Charlotte Conway (née Shorter), was baptised 12 August 1719 at Ragley, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › conway-henry-seymourConway, Henry Seymour | Encyclopedia.com

    Henry Seymour Conway, 1721–95, English soldier and politician; nephew of Robert Walpole. Early in his life he entered upon concurrent and distinguished military and parliamentary careers. He fell into disfavor with George III for defending John Wilkes and was dismissed (1764) from his commands.

  7. www.theislandwiki.org › index › Henry_Seymour_ConwayHenry Seymour Conway - Jerripedia

    Conway was the British military second in command on the Rochefort expedition in 1757, and repeatedly advocated an attack on Fort Fouras, but his colleagues would only agree a night attack, which failed.

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  9. theodora.com › c2 › henry_seymour_conwayHenry Seymour Conway - Encyclopedia

    HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY (1721-1795), English field marshal and statesman, was the second son of Francis Seymour, of Ragley, Warwickshire, who took the name of Conway on succeeding to the estates of the earl of Conway in 1699 and was created Baron Conway in 1703 (see Seymour or ST Maur). Henry Seymour Conway's elder brother, Francis, 2nd Baron ...