Baron Conyers is a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerag ...

. It was created on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of

William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent William Neville, Earl of Kent Knight of the Garter, KG (c. 14059 January 1463) and ''jure uxoris'' 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier. He fought during the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, and during the English dyna ...

. The

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after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th

Baron Darcy de Knayth Baron Darcy de Knayth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy (or D'Arcy) with remainder to his heirs general, allowing daughters to inherit. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance betw ...

; the two baronies were then held together until abeyance of both in 1888. Subsequently the abeyances of the two baronies were separately terminated, that of the Barons Conyers in 1903. Since 1509, the Barons Conyers had held a part of the "right" to the barony Fauconberg, i.e. the part for which the abeyance was similarly terminated in 1903. From then the two baronies, Conyers and Fauconberg, were held together; from 1948 they were again abeyant, between the two daughters of the 5th Earl of Yarborough. On the death of the younger daughter in 2012 the abeyance terminated automatically in favour of her elder sister, the 15th holder of the title. Since the death of the latter in 2013, the title is abeyant once more. The baronies Conyers and Darcy de Knayth originated the

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of the eldest son of the

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as ''Lord Darcy and Conyers''.

Barons Conyers (1509)

William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers (21 December 1468 – 14 April 1524), also known as William Conyers of Hornby, was an English baron and aristocrat. Personal life Conyers was the second, but only surviving son of Sir John Conyers, Jr. (d.14 ...

(d. 1524) * Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers (d. 1538) *

John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (c. 1524 – 13 June 1557) was an English peer and military administrator. Biography Conyers was born the son of Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers circa 1524. He was knighted in 1544. In 1551 he was made W ...

(d. 1557) (abeyant 1557) * Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 4th Baron Conyers (1570–1654) (abeyance terminated c. 1641/44 in favour of the 3rd Baron's grandson) * Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness, 8th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 5th Baron Conyers (d. 1689) * Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness, 9th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 6th Baron Conyers (c. 1620–1692) * Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers (1681–1722) * Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, 11th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 8th Baron Conyers (1718–1778) * Amelia Osborne, 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers (1754–1784) * George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds, 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 10th Baron Conyers (1775–1838) * Francis Godolphin Darcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds, 14th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 11th Baron Conyers (1798–1859) * Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers (1827–1888) (abeyant 1888) * Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, 7th Baroness Fauconberg and 13th Baroness Conyers (1863–1926) (abeyance terminated 1892) * Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, 8th Baron Fauconberg and 14th Baron Conyers (1888–1948) (abeyant 1948) * Diana Mary Miller, 11th Countess of Mértola, 9th Baroness Fauconberg, 15th Baroness Conyers (1920–2013) (abeyance terminated 2012; abeyant 2013) The co-heiresses to the title are the two daughters of the 15th baroness, the Hon Marcia Anne Miller (born 1954) otherwise known as Anthea Theresa Lycett, and the Hon Beatrix Diana Miller (born 1955).

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