Background
Albert Denison Conyngham, he was the third son of the 1st Earl Conyngham and his wife Elizabeth née Denison.
Albert Denison Conyngham, he was the third son of the 1st Earl Conyngham and his wife Elizabeth née Denison.
He was educated at Eton and was an officer in the Royal Horse Guards before joining the diplomatic service.
Born Honorary In 1824, he was Attaché to Berlin, Vienna in 1825 and Secretary of the Legation to Florence in 1828 and Berlin from 1829-1831. He was elected unopposed at a by-election in March 1847 and held the seat until he was elevated to peerage in 1850. From 1844-1845, he had been First President of the British Archaeological Association and sometime Vice-Admiral of the Yorkshire Coast.
In 1851, he bought both Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire and the painting The Monarch of the Glen, the latter for £840.
On 6 July 1833, Londesborough had married Honorary Henrietta Weld-Forester (a daughter of the 1st Baron Forester) and they had six children:
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William Henry Forester (1834–1900)
Honorary Albert Denison Somerville (1835–1903)
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Henrietta Elizabeth Sophia (d 1924), married Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 11th Baronet and had issue.
Honorary Selina Camerina Charlotte (d 1852)
Honorary Isabella Maria (d 1856)
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Augusta Elizabeth (d 1887), married Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley and had issue.
Honorary Henry Charles (1849–1936)
Honorary Conyngham Albert (1851–1938)
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Albertina Agnes Mary Denison (1854–1929), who married Colonel Ivor Treowen, 1st Baron Treowen in 1873.
She founded and was the first President of the Ottawa Decorative Art Society. She was president of the Woman"s Humane Society, and the first president of the Humane Society of Ottawa. She also had cabmen"s shelters erected in Ottawa.
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Harold Albert (1856–1949)
Honorary Evelyn Albert (1859–1883)
Honorary Ursula Elizabeth (d 1880).
Royal Society; 12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament]
Conyngham was knighted in 1829, and at the 1835 general election he was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Canterbury, a seat he held until 1841, when he did not contest the election.