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     Maj.-Gen. Henry Conyngham was the son of Sir Albert Conyngham and Margaret Leslie.^2,3 He married Mary Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams, 2nd Bt., on 9 December 1696.² He died in 1705/6 at St. Estevans, Spain, killed in action.⁴
     Maj.-Gen. Henry Conyngham lived at Slane, County Meath, Ireland.⁴ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Donegal.² He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Lord Mountjoy's Regiment.² He fought in the War of Spanish Succession.² He lived at Mount Charles, County Donegal, Ireland.⁴

     John de Forz was born before 1253. He was the son of William de Forz, Count of Aumale and Isabel de Reviers.¹ He died before 11 August 1260.¹

     Lady Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice was the daughter of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways.¹ She married Hon. James Kenneth Howard, son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton, on 10 February 1845.¹ She died on 12 June 1906.¹
     Her married name became Howard.

     William de Forz was born between 1253 and 1260. He was the son of William de Forz, Count of Aumale and Isabel de Reviers.¹ He was buried at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was buried at Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹

     John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk was born on 7 March 1739. He was the son of Philip Howard and Margaret Screen. He married Julia Gaskarth, daughter of John Gaskarth, on 2 July 1774. He died on 23 January 1820 at age 80.
     John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk gained the title of 15th Earl of Suffolk. He gained the title of 8th Earl of Berkshire.

     Hon. James Kenneth Howard was born on 5 March 1814. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton. He married Lady Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, daughter of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, on 10 February 1845.¹ He died on 7 January 1882 at age 67.

     Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk was born on 18 August 1776. He was the son of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and Julia Gaskarth. He married Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Roberts Coke, on 14 January 1803. He died on 4 December 1851 at age 75.
     Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk gained the title of 9th Earl of Berkshire. He gained the title of 16th Earl of Suffolk.

     Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton was the daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Roberts Coke. She married Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, son of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and Julia Gaskarth, on 14 January 1803. She died on 18 April 1836.
     Her married name became Howard.

     Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice was born on 19 June 1846 at London, England.² He was the son of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Baroness Nairne.¹ He married Caroline FitzGerald, daughter of W. J. FitzGerald, on 23 November 1889 at London, England.² He died on 21 June 1935 at age 89 at Leigh House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, without issue.² He was buried on 24 June 1935 at Bremhill Church, Calne, Wiltshire, England.²
     Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice was educated between 1859 and 1864 at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1868 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), with a first in the Classical Tripos.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Calne between 1868 and 1885.² He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1871 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Home Affiars between 1872 and 1873.² He was British Representative on the Commission for the reorgansiation of the European Provinces of Turkey and Crete, under the Berlin Treaty 1880-1881 between 1880 and 1881.² He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882 and 1885.² He was Second British Plenipotentiary at the London Conference on the navigation of the Danube in 1883.² His marriage to Caroline FitzGerald was annulled in 1894.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for North Wiltshire between 1898 and 1905.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Bristol University, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.² He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1905 and 1908.² He was created 1st Baron FitzMaurice, of Leigh, co. Wilts [U.K.] on 9 January 1906.² He was First British Plenipotentiary at the London Conference on African Sleeping Sickness between 1907 and 1908.² He held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1908 and 1909.² He was invested as a Fellow, British Academy (F.B.A.).²
     On his death, his barony became extinct.²

     Caroline FitzGerald is the daughter of W. J. FitzGerald.¹ She married Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice, son of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Baroness Nairne, on 23 November 1889 at London, England.¹
     Her married name became Petty-FitzMaurice. Her marriage to Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice was annulled in 1894.¹