Background
Seymour-Conway was the son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, by his second wife Isabella Anne Ingram, daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine.
Seymour-Conway was the son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, by his second wife Isabella Anne Ingram, daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine.
In March 1812 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Spencer Perceval. He continued in the post after Lord Liverpool became prime minister in May 1812 after Perceval"s assassination, but relinquished it in July of that year. The same year he was appointed Lord Warden of the Stannaries, a post he held until his death.
He succeeded his father in the marquessate in 1822.
The same year he was also made a Knight of the Garter and appointed Vice-Admiral of Suffolk, a post he retained until his death. Seymour-Conway was an amateur cricketer who made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1797 to 1799.
They had three children:
Lady Francis Maria Seymour-Conway (d 1822)
Captain Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800–1870)
Lord Henry Seymour-Conway (1805–1859)
Lord Hertford was the prototype for the characters of the Marquess of Monmouth in Benjamin Disraeli"s 1844 novel Coningsby and the Marquess of Steyne in William Makepeace Thackeray"s 1848 novel Vanity Fair. The Marchioness of Hertford died in March 1856, aged 84.
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Lord Yarmouth sat as Member of Parliament for Orford from 1797 to 1802, for Lisburn from 1802 to 1812, for Antrim from 1812 to 1818 and for Camelford from 1820 to 1822. He was mainly associated with Surrey and was a member of the Marylebone Club (Master Control Console).
In his last years he was said to live with a retinue of prostitutes, and the mental instability which afflicted several members of the Seymour Conway family became noticeable.