Earl of Conway
The title of Viscount Conway was created in the Peerage of England in 1624. The viscounts also held the title of Baron Conway (1624), in the Peerage of England, and Viscount Killultagh (1627) in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1679, the 3rd Viscount was created Earl of Conway in the Peerage of England. All of the titles became extinct upon his death in 1683. However, his estates were inherited by his relative Francis Seymour (1679-1732), who in 1703 assumed the additional surname of Conway and was created Baron Conway, of Ragley in the County of Warwick, in the Peerage of England. In 1712 he was also made Baron Conway of Killultagh, of Killultagh in the County of Antrim, in the Peerage of Ireland. His son, the second Baron, was created Marquess of Hertford in 1793.
Viscounts Conway (1627)
- Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway (d.1631)
- Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway (1594-1655)
- Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (1623-1683), created Earl of Conway in 1679
Conway's titles actually pssed to his 2nd cousin Popham Seymour who was shortly afterwards killed in a duel by a Colonel Kirk, the titles and estate where then passed to Pophams brother francis Seymour.
Earls of Conway (1679)
Barons Conway (1703)
- See the Marquess of Hertford