Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway
The Rt Hon. Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, PC (1594 – 1655) was an English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer. He was the eldest son of the 1st Viscount Conway and his wife, Dorothy.
Conway was nominated by Lord Brooke to become Member of Parliament for Warwick between 1624 and 1625, and in 1626, he was elected for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight). In 1628, after his father was created Viscount Conway and Viscount Killultagh, Conway was summoned to Parliament in the right of the Conway barony. He succeeded his father to his titles following his death on 3 January 1631.
Lord Conway unsuccessfully commanded Charles I's forces at the Battle of Newburn in 1640. He became an Irish Privy Counsellor, Marshal of the Army in Ireland, and was served as a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines from 1643 to 1649.
He was briefly imprisoned after being implicated in the plot by Edmund Waller and others to seize London for the king.…more
Conway was nominated by Lord Brooke to become Member of Parliament for Warwick between 1624 and 1625, and in 1626, he was elected for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight). In 1628, after his father was created Viscount Conway and Viscount Killultagh, Conway was summoned to Parliament in the right of the Conway barony. He succeeded his father to his titles following his death on 3 January 1631.
Lord Conway unsuccessfully commanded Charles I's forces at the Battle of Newburn in 1640. He became an Irish Privy Counsellor, Marshal of the Army in Ireland, and was served as a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines from 1643 to 1649.
He was briefly imprisoned after being implicated in the plot by Edmund Waller and others to seize London for the king.…more
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The Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh
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1943
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Zealots: How a Group of Scottish Conspirators Unleashed Half a Century of War in Britain
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2018
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The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 - 1640
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1994
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