Peerage Record – 4893

     Lt.-Gen. Henry Conyngham was the son of Sir Albert Conyngham and Margaret Leslie.^2,3 He married Mary Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams, 2nd Bt. and Susan Skipwith, on 9 December 1696.² He died in 1705/6 at St. Estevans, Spain^G, killed in action.⁴
     He lived at Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland^G.⁴ He gained the rank of Captain in the Lord Mountjoy’s Regiment.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Donegal.² He lived at Mount Charles, County Donegal, Ireland^G.⁴ He fought in the War of Spanish Succession.²

     John de Forz was born before 1253. He was the son of William de Forz, Count of Aumale and Isabel de Reviers.¹ He died before 11 August 1260.¹

     Lady Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice was the daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways.¹ She married Hon. James Kenneth Howard, son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton, on 10 February 1845.¹ She died on 12 June 1906.¹
     Her married name became Howard.

     William de Forz was born between 1253 and 1260. He was the son of William de Forz, Count of Aumale and Isabel de Reviers.¹ He was buried at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was buried at Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk was born on 7 March 1739.¹ He was the son of Philip Howard and Margaret Screen.³ He married Julia Gaskarth, daughter of John Gaskarth, on 2 July 1774.¹ He died on 23 January 1820 at age 80.¹
     He fought in the American War of Independence.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baron Howard of Charleton, Wiltshire [E., 1622] on 3 February 1783.³ He succeeded as the 8th Earl of Berkshire [E., 1626] on 3 February 1783.³ He succeeded as the 15th Earl of Suffolk [E., 1603] on 3 February 1783.³ He succeeded as the 8th Viscount Andover, co. Southampton [E., 1622] on 3 February 1783.³ He gained the rank of Genmeral in 1802.¹

     Hon. James Kenneth Howard was born on 5 March 1814.² He was the son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton.² He married Lady Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, on 10 February 1845.¹ He died on 7 January 1882 at age 67.²
     He was Commissioner of Woods and Forests.³

     Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk was born on 18 August 1776.¹ He was the son of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and Julia Gaskarth.¹ He married Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Coke, on 14 January 1803.¹ He died on 4 December 1851 at age 75.¹
     He succeeded as the 9th Baron Howard of Charleton, Wiltshire [E., 1622] on 23 January 1820.¹ He succeeded as the 16th Earl of Suffolk [E., 1603] on 23 January 1820.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Earl of Berkshire [E., 1626] on 23 January 1820.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Andover, co. Southampton [E., 1622] on 23 January 1820.¹

     Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton was born on 28 May 1775.¹ She was the daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Coke.² She married Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, son of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and Julia Gaskarth, on 14 January 1803.³ She died on 18 April 1836 at age 60.³
     Her married name became Howard. After her marriage, Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton was styled as Countess of Suffolk on 23 January 1820.

     Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice was born on 19 June 1846 at London, England^G.² He was the son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Lady Nairne.¹ He married Caroline FitzGerald, daughter of W. J. FitzGerald, on 23 November 1889 at London, England^G.² He died on 21 June 1935 at age 89 at Leigh House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England^G, without issue.² He was buried on 24 June 1935 at Bremhill Church, Calne, Wiltshire, England^G.²
     He was educated between 1859 and 1864 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1868 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), with a first in the Classical Tripos.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Calne between 1868 and 1885.² He was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1871 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Home Affiars between 1872 and 1873.² He was British Representative on the Commission for the reorgansiation of the European Provinces of Turkey and Crete, under the Berlin Treaty 1880-1881 between 1880 and 1881.² He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882 and 1885.² He was Second British Plenipotentiary at the London Conference on the navigation of the Danube in 1883.² His marriage to Caroline FitzGerald was annulled in 1894.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for North Wiltshire between 1898 and 1905.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Bristol University, Bristol, England^G.² He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1905 and 1908.² He was created 1st Baron FitzMaurice, of Leigh, co. Wilts [U.K.] on 9 January 1906.² He was First British Plenipotentiary at the London Conference on African Sleeping Sickness between 1907 and 1908.² He held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1908 and 1909.² He was appointed Fellow, British Academy (F.B.A.)²
     On his death, his barony became extinct.²

     Caroline FitzGerald is the daughter of W. J. FitzGerald.¹ She married Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice, son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Lady Nairne, on 23 November 1889 at London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Petty-FitzMaurice. Her marriage to Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice was annulled in 1894.¹