Henry Seymour Conway

Field Marshal The Honourable Henry Seymour Conway
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
In office 23 May 1766 – 20 January 1768
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Earl of Chatham
Preceded by	The Duke of Grafton
Succeeded by	The Viscount Weymouth
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 14 July 1765 – 20 October 1768
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Rockingham The Earl of Chatham
Preceded by	George Grenville
Succeeded by	Lord North
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
In office 12 July 1765 – 23 May 1766
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Rockingham
Preceded by	The Earl of Halifax
Succeeded by	The Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 1755–1757
Monarch	George II
Lieutenant	The Duke of Devonshire
Preceded by	Lord George Sackville
Succeeded by	Richard Rigby
Personal details
Born	1721 Chelsea, Middlesex Great Britain
Died	9 July 1795 Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire Great Britain
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1737–1793
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	War of the Austrian Succession Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 Seven Years' War

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. He held various political offices including Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He eventually rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

Conway was the second son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway (whose elder brother Popham Seymour-Conway had inherited the Conway estates) by his third wife, Charlotte Seymour-Conway (née Shorter). He entered Eton College in 1732 and from that time enjoyed a close friendship with his cousin Horace Walpole.

Conway joined the Molesworth's Regiment of Dragoons on 27 June 1737 as a lieutenant. He was transferred to the 1st Foot Guards and was promoted to captain on 14 February 1741 and to captain-lieutenant (the equivalent of lieutenant colonel) on 10 May 1742.

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