Popham Seymour-Conway, born Seymour (1675 – 18 June 1699)[1] was an Anglo-Irish landowner and rake, the eldest son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet by his second marriage to Laetitia Popham, daughter of Alexander Popham.
On 9 August 1683, the Earl of Conway, his mother's cousin, left him his extensive estates in Warwickshire and Lisburn, on condition that he change his name to Seymour-Conway.[2] Considerable suspicion was aroused by this transaction, displacing as it did Arthur Rawdon, Conway's nephew; it was thought that Sir Edward had taken advantage of the Earl's senility to bring it about.[3]
In 1697, Seymour-Conway became Member of Parliament for Lisburn, site of his new estates, in the Irish Parliament.[4]
On 4 June 1699, during a drunken duel with Captain George Kirk, of the Royal Horse Guards, Seymour-Conway was wounded in the neck. He succumbed to the effects of the wound two weeks later, on 18 June in London.[4] The Conway estates passed to his brother Francis, who also assumed the name of Seymour-Conway and was created Baron Conway.[1]
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| Preceded by Randal Brice Edward Harrison |
Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1697 – 1699 With: Edward Harrison |
Succeeded by Michael Harrison Richard Nutley |