Henry Seymour Conway
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Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British Army officer and politician. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Au
Portrait of Henry Seymour Conway by Thomas Gainsborough, 1780
Waldeck Castle, captured by Conway in 1762 during the Seven Years' War
Caroline Bruce, Countess of Ailesbury was a British society hostess active in the Georgian era. Born to courtiers, at age eighteen she married Lord Bruce. His death in 1747 left her a wealthy widow, a
Henry Seymour Conway
…promoted to field marshal on 18 October 1793 and died, at his home, Park Place at Remenham in Berkshire, on 9 July 1795. On 19 December 1747 he married Caroline, the widow of Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin and 3rd Earl of Ailesbury, and daughter of Lieutenant-General John Campbell, later the 4th Duke of Argyll…
Lady Caroline, unknown date
Henley-on-Thames, c. 1743