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Encyclopedia > Baron Conyers

The title Baron Conyers was created in the Peerage of England on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. The abeyance after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth, these baronies were held together until the abeyance of 1888, after which the abeyance of these two baronies were separately terminated. Since 1509, the Barons Conyers had held a part of the "right" to the barony Fauconberg, i.e. the part for which the abeyance was terminated in 1903; and since the termination of the abeyance of the barony Fauconberg, the two baronies, Conyers and Fauconberg, had been held together; and now they are abeyant between the two daughters of the 5th Earl of Yarborough; since the younger daughters does not seem to have children, and because the elder daughter seems to have no sons, the barony will also be abeyant between the two(?) daughters of the elder one. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ... The title Baron Darcy de Knayth is an ancient one in the Peerage of England. ... The title Baron Fauconberg has been created twice in the Peerage of England. ...


The baronies Conyers and Darcy de Knayth originated the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl of Holdernesse as Lord Darcy and Conyers.


Barons Conyers (1509)

  • William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers (d. 1524)
  • Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers (d. 1538)
  • John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (d. 1557) (abeyant 1557)
  • Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 4th Baron Conyers (1570-1654) (abeyance terminated c. 1641/44)
  • Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holdernesse, 8th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 5th Baron Conyers (d. 1689)
  • Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness, 9th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 6th Baron Conyers (c. 1620-1692)
  • Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holdernesse, 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers (1681-1722)
  • Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, 11th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 8th Baron Conyers (1718-1778)
  • Amelia Godolphin, 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers (1754-1784)
  • George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds, 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 10th Baron Conyers (1775-1838)
  • Francis Godolphin Darcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds, 14th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 11th Baron Conyers (1798-1859)
  • Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers (1827-1888) (abeyant 1888)
  • Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox, 7th Baroness Fauconberg and 13th Baroness Conyers (1863-1926) (abeyance terminated c. 1903)
  • Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, 8th Baron Fauconberg and 14th Baron Conyers (1888-1948) (abeyant 1948)

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Baron Conyers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (320 words)
The title Baron Conyers was created in the Peerage of England on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent.
The abeyance after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth, these baronies were held together until the abeyance of 1888, after which the abeyance of these two baronies were separately terminated.
Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 4th Baron Conyers (1570-1654) (abeyance terminated c.
PELF - LoveToKnow Article on PELF (1265 words)
In the fourth generation Charles Pelham died in 1763 without heirs, leaving his estates to his great-nephew Charles Anderson (1749-1823), who thereupon assumed the additional name of Pelham, and was created Baron Yarborough in 1794.
He married in 1886 Marcia Lane-Fox, eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers, who became in 1892 Baroness Conyers in her own right.
Sir NICHOLAS PELHAM (1517-1560), an elder half-brother of Sir William Pelham, defended Seaford against the French in 1545, and sat for Arundel and for Sussex in parliament.
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