The Conroy Baronetcy, of

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in the historic

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, was a title in the

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. The title was created on 7 July 1837 for Sir John Conroy,

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of the household of the

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, mother of

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. Victoria had previously dismissed Conroy from her household and the baronetcy was conferred on him with the understanding that he would not show himself at court in return. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1900.

Conroy baronets (1837)

* Sir John Conroy, 1st Baronet (1786–1854) * Sir Edward Conroy, 2nd Baronet (1809–1869) * Sir John Conroy, 3rd Baronet (1845–1900)

Patrilineal descent

The Conroys descended from the

Ó Maolconaire Ó Maolchonaire, sometimes Ó Maoil Chonaire, sometimes Ó Mhaoil Chonaire, Ó Maolconaire, Uí Mhaoil Chonaire etc., was the surname of a family of professional poets and historians in medieval Ireland. Traditionally it would have been spelled wi ...

family of Elphin, Co.

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. The family had been the hereditary

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hs to the O'Connor

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. Their line was descended from Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire who was the last recognised Chief of the Sept.Edmund Curtis, 'The O'Maolchonaire Family: Unpublished Letters from Sir Edward Conry, Bart., to H.F. Hoare, Esq., 1864' in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol 19, No. 3/4, (1941) #Torna Mór Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1435 #Seán Rua Ó Maolchonaire #Domhnall Rua Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1504 #Conchobhar Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1533 #Maolmhuire Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept #Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire, Last Chief of the Sept, d. 1637 #Torna Ó Maolchonaire #Seán Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1672 (while fighting for the French during the

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) #Ferfeasa Conry, d. 1746 (first of this line to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism) #John Conry of Elphin, d. 1769 #John Conry, d. 1795 #Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, 1st Baronet (1786–1854) #Sir Edward Conroy, 2nd Baronet (1809–1869) #Sir John Conroy, 3rd Baronet (1845–1900)

References

{{s-end 1837 establishments in the United Kingdom 1837 in Wales 1900 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

Conroy Conroy is an Irish surname. Overview Conroy is an Irish surname of multiple origins. In some cases it is the form used by descendants of the Ó Maolconaire, Ó Maolchonaire bardic family of what is now East Galway and South Roscommon. In west Coun ...

History of Montgomeryshire