Humphrey Coningsby was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1641 to 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War

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Coningsby was the eldest son of Fitzwilliam Conningsby, of Hampton Court, Herefordshire

Hampton Court, Herefordshire

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. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford

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 on 23 February 1638, aged 15. He was of the Middle Temple

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 in 1639.

In November 1641, Coningsby was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Herefordshire

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 in the Long Parliament

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, replacing his father who had been expelled as a monopolist. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament on 22 January 1644.

Coningsby married Lettice Loftus, eldest daughter of Sir Arthur Loftus of Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham

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, Ireland. Their son Thomas

Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby

Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times from 1679 until 1716 when he was created a peer and sat in the House of Lords-Early life:...

 became Earl Coningsby

Earl Coningsby

Earl Coningsby was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1719 for Thomas Coningsby, 1st Baron Coningsby, with remainder to his eldest daughter , Margaret Newton, 1st Viscountess Coningsby, and the heirs male of her body. He was the great-grandson of the soldier and politician...

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