Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness

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Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness, 2nd Baron Darcy of Meinhill, 8th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 5th Baron Conyers (24 January 1598/1599-14 June 1689) was a British aristocrat who was created Earl of Holderness in 1682.

[edit] Personal life

Darcy was born The Hon. Conyers Darcy, the son of Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth and Dorothy Belasyse. He was born on 24 January in either 1598 or 1599; there is no conclusive evidence to prove in which year he was baptised.

He married Grace Rokeby on 14 October 1616, and succeeded to the titles of Baron Darcy de Knayth, Baron Conyers and Baron Darcy of Meinhill upon his father's death in 1654.

Lord Holderness had one child:

• Conyers Darcy (c. 1621/1622-13 December 1692); later The Hon. Conyers Darcy.