Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway 1623-1683

In 1621 [his father] Edward Conway 2nd Viscount Conway [aged 26] and [his mother] Frances Popham Viscountess Conway [aged 24] were married.

Around 1623 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway was born to Edward Conway 2nd Viscount Conway [aged 28] and Frances Popham Viscountess Conway [aged 26].

On 3rd January 1631 [his grandfather] Edward Conway 1st Viscount Conway [aged 67] died in St Martin's Lane. His son [his father] Edward [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Viscount Conway of Conway Castle. [his mother] Frances Popham Viscountess Conway [aged 34] by marriage Viscountess Conway of Conway Castle.

On 11th February 1651 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 28] and Anne Finch [aged 19] were married.

On 26th June 1655 [his father] Edward Conway 2nd Viscount Conway [aged 60] died in Lyon, France [Map]. His son Edward [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire.

On 2nd January 1668 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 45] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1671 [his mother] Frances Popham Viscountess Conway [aged 74] died.

In January 1673 [his brother-in-law] Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Finch Daventry. Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Finch Daventry.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18th February 1678. My Lord Treasurer [aged 45] sent for me to accompany him to Wimbledon, which he had lately purchased of the Earl of Bristol [aged 44]; so breaking fast with him privately in his chamber, I accompanied him with two of his daughters, my Lord Conway [aged 55], and Sir Bernard Gascoyne [aged 64]; and, having surveyed his gardens and alterations, returned late at night.

On 23rd February 1679 [his wife] Anne Finch [aged 47] died.

After 23rd February 1679 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 56] and Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 3rd December 1679 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Conway. [his wife] Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway by marriage Countess Conway.

On 4th July 1681 [his wife] Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway died.

After 4th July 1681 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 58] and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married. She by marriage Countess Conway.

On 11th August 1683 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway [aged 60] died. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity Arrow, Warwickshire [Map]. Earl Conway, Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire extinct.

He bequeathed his estates to his cousin's son Popham Seymour-Conway [aged 8] with the condition he should change his name to Seymour-Conway and adopt the Conway Arms.

On 18th March 1686 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 37] and [his former wife] Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married at the chapel of Littlecote House. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 78].

On 13th August 1697 [his former wife] Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway died.