Earl Coningsbury

Summary

30th April 1719. Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 62] created.

1st May 1729. Daughter Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 20] succeeded.

12th June 1761. Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby extinct.

On 30th April 1719 Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 62] was created 1st Earl Coningsbury with a special remainder to the eldest daughter of his second marriage Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 10].

On 1st May 1729 Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 72] died. His daughter Margaret [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Countess Coningsbury.

On 12th June 1761 Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 52] died. Earl Coningsbury extinct. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 66].