Monday 27 August 2018

633) Francis Seymour-Conway

Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford (1777 – 1842), styled Viscount Beauchamp between 1793 and 1794 and Earl of Yarmouth between 1794 and 1822. British Tory politician and art collector.

- "He was nicknamed “Red Herrings” because of his red hair and whiskers." https://reginajeffers.blog/…/eccentrics-of-the-regency-fra…/

- "At the age of 16 Yarmouth was ‘a sensible unaffected young man—tall, like a Conway but red haired and plain." https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/…/seymour-conway-…


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