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The Conway Baronetcy, of Bodrythan in the County of Flint, was a title in the
Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
. It was created on 25 July 1660 for Henry Conway, subsequently Member of Parliament for
Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...
. He was a descendant of John Conway, whose brother Edward was the ancestor of the Earls of Conway. The second Baronet represented both Flintshire and
Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...
in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1721.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900
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Conway baronets, of Bodrythan (1660)

* Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet (1635–1669) *
Sir John Conway, 2nd Baronet Sir John Conway, 2nd Baronet (c. 1662 – 1721) of Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1721. Early life Conway was the eldest son of Sir Henry C ...
(–1721)


See also

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Earl of Conway The Earl of Conway was an aristocratic title in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created in 1679 for Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway (c.1623-1683), subsequently Secretary of State for the Northern Department. When Edward Conway died in ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England