Tristram Conyers (5 September 1619 – 6 August 1684) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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in 1660. Conyers was the son of William Conyers of Walthamstow, Essex and his wife Mary Hervey, daughter of Sir Francis Hervey. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School and later entered

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''Eminent serjeants-at-law of the English bar, Volume 1''
/ref> In 1660, Conyers was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online - Conyers, Tristram
/ref> He became a serjeant at law on 29 January 1674. Conyers died at the age of 64. Conyers married Winefred Gerard, daughter of

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. His son Sir

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was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conyers, Tristram 1619 births 1684 deaths English MPs 1660 Members of the Middle Temple Serjeants-at-law (England) People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby People from Maldon, Essex Members of Parliament for Maldon