Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
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The Most Honourable The Marquess Conyngham KP GCH PC |
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| Postmaster General | |
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In office 5 July 1834 – 14 November 1834 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Richmond |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Maryborough |
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In office 30 April 1835 – 22 May 1835 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Lord Maryborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Lichfield |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 22 May 1835 – 6 May 1839 |
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| Monarch |
William IV Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Uxbridge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 June 1797 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died |
17 July 1876 (aged 79) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Jane Paget (1804–1876) |
General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC (11 June 1797 – 17 July 1876), styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier, politician and absentee landlord.
Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of General Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, and Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Denison, and the brother of Henry Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles and Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough. He was educated at Eton. He became known as Lord Francis Conyngham in 1816 when his father was created Marquess Conyngham and gained the courtesy title of Earl of Mount Charles in 1824 on the early death of his unmarried elder brother.
Conyngham was returned to Parliament for Westbury in 1818, a seat he held until 1820, and later represented Donegal (succeeding his deceased elder brother the Earl of Mount Charles) between 1825 and 1831. He served under the Earl of Liverpool as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1823 and 1826 and under Liverpool, George Canning, Lord Goderich and the Duke of Wellington as a Lord of the Treasury between 1826 and 1830. In 1832 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.
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