Victor George Henry Francis Conyngham, 5th Marquess Conyngham

Victor George Henry Francis Conyngham, 5th Marquess Conyngham1 M, #71983, b. 30 January 1883, d. 9 November 1918 Last Edited=17 Feb 2011 Consanguinity Index=0.0%

    Victor George Henry Francis Conyngham, 5th Marquess Conyngham was born on 30 January 1883 at Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, England.1 He was the son of Henry Francis Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham and Hon. Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de Moleyns.1 He was baptised on 17 March 1883 at Parish Church, Patrixbourne, Kent, England.1 He died on 9 November 1918 at age 35, unmarried.2

    He was styled as Earl of Mount Charles between 1883 and 1897.1 He was educated between 1896 and 1899 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.2 He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron Conyngham of Mount Charles, co. Donegal [I., 1781] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Minster of Minster Abbey, co. Kent [U.K., 1821] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount Slane [I., 1816] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl Mount Charles [I., 1816] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Marquess of Conyngham [I., 1816] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount Mount Charles [I., 1797] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount Conyngham of Mount Charles, co. Donegal [I., 1789] on 28 August 1897.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl Conyngham [I., 1797] on 28 August 1897.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.1 He fought in the Boer War in 1902.2 Citations

   [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 415. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

   [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 205. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

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