Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness [57100] 25
- Born: Abt 1620
- Marriage: Frances Howard [57099] on 8 Feb 1649/50 in Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England
- Died: 13 Dec 1692 about age 72
General Notes:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HOWARD4.htm#Frances%20HOWARD2
Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (1622 -13 December 1692 ) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament . Conyers Darcy was the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 8th Lord Darcy of Knayth and 5th Lord Conyers </wiki/Conyers_Darcy,_1st_Earl_of_Holderness>, who was created Earl of Holderness in 1682. He sat in the House of Commons as MP for Boroughbridge in 1660, then for Yorkshire from 1661 to 1679. In November 1680 he was elevated to the House of Lords by Writ of acceleration , sitting as Baron Conyers. On his father's elevation to an earldom in 1682, he acquired the courtesy title Lord Darcy and Conyers. He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Holderness, 9th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 6th Baron Conyers on his father's death on 14 June 1689. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conyers_Darcy,_2nd_Earl_of_Holderness
Conyers married Frances Howard [57099] [MRIN: 551615201], daughter of Thomas of Berkshire Howard 1st Earl of Berkshire [15459] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [15460], on 8 Feb 1649/50 in Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England. (Frances Howard [57099] died on 9 Apr 1670 in Hornby, Yorkshire, England and was buried on 10 Apr 1670 in Hornby, Yorkshire, England.)
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