Biography of Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham 1769-1861

On 29 Mar 1769 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham was born to Joseph Denison (age 43).

On 22 May 1787 Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham (age 62) died. His son [her future husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 20) succeeded 3rd Baron Conyngham.

On 05 Jul 1794 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 27) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 25) were married.

On 11 Jun 1797 [her son] Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 30) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 28).

On 16 Feb 1799 [her daughter] Elizabeth Conyngham Marchioness Huntly was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 32) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 29).

On 21 Oct 1805 [her son] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 38) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 36).

On 12 Dec 1806 [her father] Joseph Denison (age 80) died.

Before 1808 [her brother-in-law] Francis Nathaniel Burton (age 41) and Valentina Alicia Lawless were married.

In Jan 1816 [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 49) was created 1st Marquess Conyngham in Donegal. Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 46) by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.

Around 1819 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 49) replaced Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford (age 59) as the mistress of King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 56).

On 23 Apr 1824 [her son] Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 55) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 49). He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 57) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 55).

On 02 Mar 1826 [her son-in-law] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 34) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Conyngham Marchioness Huntly (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 59) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 56). He the son of George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 64) and Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 55).

Before 1830. Thomas Lawrence (age 60). Portrait of Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 60).

Greville Memoirs. 21 Jul 1830. I came and established myself here last night after the Duchess of Bedford's ball. Lady Bathurst (age 64) told me that the Queen spoke to her yesterday morning about the King's walk and being followed, and said that for the future he must walk early in the morning, or in some less public place, so there are hopes that his activity may be tamed. He sent George Fitzclarence off from dinner in his silk stockings and cocked hat to Boulogne to invite the King of Würtemberg to come here; he was back in fifty-six hours, and might have been in less. He employs him in everything, and I heard Fitzclarence yesterday ask the Duke of Leeds for two of his father's horses to ride about on his jobs and relieve his own, which the Duke agreed to, but made a wry face. [her husband] Mount Charles (age 63) has refused to be Lord of the Bedchamber; his wife (age 61) can't bear it, and he doesn't like to go to Windsor under such altered circumstances. I hardly ever record the scandalous stories of the day, unless they relate to characters or events, but what relates to public men is different from the loves and friendships of the idiots of society.

On 27 Jan 1832 [her brother-in-law] Francis Nathaniel Burton (age 65) died.

On 22 Dec 1832 [her son-in-law] William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 30) and [her daughter] Maria Harriet Conyngham were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 65) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 63).

On 28 Dec 1832 [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 66) died. His son [her son] Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 35) succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham. [her daughter-in-law] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.

On 03 Dec 1843 [her daughter] Maria Harriet Conyngham died.

On 21 Dec 1847 [her son] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 42) and [her daughter-in-law] Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 78).

On 11 Oct 1861 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 92) died.

[her daughter] Maria Harriet Conyngham was born to Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham.