Autograph letter signed : to the Duke of Portland, 1783 July 27.

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Autograph letter signed : to the Duke of Portland, 1783 July 27.

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Declining to appoint Lord Elphinstone to a vacancy in the army.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795

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Henry Seymour Conway (1719-1795) was an army general and politician. He fought in the War of the Austrian Succession; served in Ireland during the Jacobite Rebellion, and in Germany during the Seven Years' War. He was successively promoted to major general in 1756 and to lieutenant general in 1759. Sitting in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and from 1775 to 1784, Conway became a leading member of the opposition, opposing the King's action against John Wilkes regarding general warrants in ...