Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway


Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway PC, FRS, of Ragley Hall, Alcester, in Warwickshire, was an English peer and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1681 and 1683.

Conway was born circa 1623, the son and heir of Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway by his wife Frances Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham MP, of Wellington in Somerset and Littlecote in Berkshire .

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