Son of the first marquess (d. 1794); educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was MP for Lostwithiel (1766-68) and Orford (1768-94), and lord chamberlain (1812-21).

REFERENCES TO Francis Ingram-Seymour- Conway, second marquess of Hertford:

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 17 May 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Walter Scott to Robert Southey, 4 June 1812 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleuch, 5 September 1813 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 20 September 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Walter Scott, 5 November 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [July] 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 4 July 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Joseph Jekyll to Samuel Rogers, 12 July 1814 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 3 April 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 24 June 1815 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Countess of Charleville to Lady Morgan, 18 February 1820 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 September 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 11 February 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

William Augustus Conway to William Jerdan, 18 October 1822 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 5 March 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 24 March 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 April 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)