Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford

Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford KG GCH PC (March 11 1777–March 1 1842) was the son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford.

On May 18 1798, he married Maria Fagniani. They had three children:

• Lady Francis Maria Seymour-Conway (d. 1822)
• Captain Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800–1870)
• Lord Henry Seymour-Conway (1805–1859)

Lord Hertford was the prototype for the characters of the Marquess of Monmouth in Benjamin Disraeli's 1844 novel, Coningsby and the Marquess of Steyne in William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel, Vanity Fair.

He was a considerable art collector, as were his son and grandson; many of his pictures are in the Wallace Collection which they founded.

External link

• Biography from the Wallace collection

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Seymour-Conway and Viscount Castlereagh	Member for Orford with Robert Seymour-Conway 1797–1802	Succeeded by Robert Seymour-Conway and James Trail
Preceded by George Hatton	Member for Lisburn 1802–1812	Succeeded by Lord Henry Moore
Preceded by Edmond MacNaghten and John O'Neill	Member for Antrim with John O'Neill 1812–1818	Succeeded by John O'Neill and Hugh Seymour
Preceded by John Stewart and Lewis Allsopp	Member for Camelford with Mark Milbank 1820–1822	Succeeded by Sheldon Cradock and Mark Milbank
Political offices
Preceded by John Thynne	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1812	Succeeded by Viscount Jocelyn
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Francis Seymour-Conway	Marquess of Hertford 1822–1842	Succeeded by Richard Seymour-Conway