Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway

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Sir Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway (1564-1631) was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow. He commanded a foot regiment at the sack of Cadiz in 1596, where he was knighted. He then served as governor of Brill, Leiden in the Netherlands, where his daughter Brilliana (who married Robert Harley (1579-1656)) was born. When Brill was handed back to the States of Holland in 1616, he was given a pension. He later served as ambassador at Brussels. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1622 and made a Secretary of State in 1623. He was created Baron Conway in 1625 and Viscount Conway in 1627. No doubt as a result of his time in the Netherlands, he was a supporter of a 'Protestant' foreign policy. In 1628, he was appointed Lord President of the Council, a post he held until his death in 1631. He was succeeded by his son Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway.

[edit] Further reading

Sean Kelsey, 'Conway, Edward, first Viscount Conway and first Viscount Killultagh (c.1564–1631), politician' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (article 6120).

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