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Friday, June 20, 2025

The 8th Marquess Conyngham 1951-2025

 The 8th Marquess Conyngham died 18 June, 2025. He was 74. 

He was 8th Marquess in the Peerage of Ireland (created 1816). His home was Slane Castle, Ireland.

He was 8th Marquess Conyngham (Ireland, let. pat. 1 Jan 1816), 8th Earl Conyngham (Ireland, let. pat. 5 Nov 1797), 8th Earl of Mount Charles (Ireland, let. pat. 1 Jan 1816), 8th Viscount Conyngham (Ireland, let. pat. 6 Dec 1789), 8th Viscount Mount Charles (Ireland, let. pat. 5 Nov 1797), 8th Viscount Slane (Ireland, let. pat. 1 Jan 1816), 10th Baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal (Ireland, let. pat. 4 Jan 1781), 8th Baron Minster, of Minster Abbey in the County of Kent (United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jul 1821).

Henry Vivian Pierpoint Conyngham was born 23 May, 1951, son of the 7th Marquess (1924-2009), by his 1st wife the former Eileen Wren Newsam (who died 2016); and he succeeded to the family honours, 3 March, 2009.

He married firstly, 1971 (div. 1985) Juliet Ann Kitson, 2nd daughter of Robert Richard Buller Kitson, of Churchtown, Morval, co. Cornwall;  by whom he had issue, 

1. Lord Alexander Burton Conyngham, styled Earl of Mount Charles (b. 30 Jan 1975), married with issue:

1a. Hon Rory Conyngham, styled Viscount Slane (b. 2010)

1a. Lady Laragh Conyngham (b. 7 Jan 2009)

1. Lady Henrietta Tamara Juliet Conyngham (b. 1976), mar. Dec 2009 Thomas William Robert Hugh [Anson], 6th Earl of Lichfield

The Marquess married secondly in 1985:-

Lady Iona Charlotte Grimston (born 25 Oct 1953), 4th daughter of John [Grimston], 6th Earl of Verulam, by his wife Margaret Ray Duncan, 1st dau. of Walter Atholl Duncan, of Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London

only child by second wife

1. Lady Tamara Jane Conyngham (b. 1991)

He is succeeded in his peerages by his son, the Earl of Mount Charles.


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