Conyers Darcy

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Sir Conyers Darcy, KB (c. 1685 – 1 December 1758) was a British politician and courtier of the 18th century. He was a younger brother of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness.

From 1712 to 1714, and 1715 to 1717, he was one of the commissioners for the office of Master of the Horse.

He bought Aske Hall in 1722 and extensively remodeled it.

He was invested in 1725 as a Founder Knight of the Order of the Bath, and was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1730.

He was a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, a charity set up to care for foundlings (abandoned children).

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Marquess of Hartington The Lord Fairfax of Cameron	Member of Parliament for Yorkshire with The Viscount Downe 1707–1708	Succeeded by The Viscount Downe Sir William Strickland, Bt
Preceded by Richard Newdigate Richard Sutton	Member of Parliament for Newark with Richard Sutton 1715–1722	Succeeded by Richard Sutton James Pelham
Preceded by Richard Steele Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge with James Tyrrell 1722–1722	Succeeded by James Tyrrell Joseph Danvers
Preceded by John Yorke Richard Abell	Member of Parliament for Richmond with John Yorke 1722–1727	Succeeded by Charles Bathurst Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt
Preceded by Charles Bathurst Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt	Member of Parliament for Richmond with John Yorke 1728–1747	Succeeded by John Yorke Earl of Ancram
Preceded by Sir Miles Stapylton, Bt Cholmley Turner	Member of Parliament for Yorkshire with Sir Miles Stapylton, Bt 1747–1750 Henry Playdell Dawnay 1750–1758 1747–1758	Succeeded by Henry Playdell Dawnay Sir George Savile, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Finch	Comptroller of the Household 1730–1754	Succeeded by The Earl of Hillsborough
Honorary titles
Preceded by The 3rd Earl of Holderness	Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1722–1740	Succeeded by The 4th Earl of Holderness
Preceded by The Earl of Burlington	Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1722	Succeeded by The Earl of Burlington
	Vice-Admiral of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1739–1755	Succeeded by The Marquess of Rockingham