Background
She was noted for her work with her husband George Horsfield at Petra and Kilwa, and produced detailed studies of the history of her father"s castle, Allington, in Kent which had been owned by the Wyatt family in the 16th century. Agnes Conway was born on 2 May 1885 to William Martin Conway and Katrina Conway (née Lombard). Her father bought Allington Castle in Kent in 1905, and began a lengthy restoration of the castle in the following years.