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CONYERS 409 XII. 1859 12. Sackville George (Lane-Fox), Lord Darcy to [i344](*) and Lord Conyers [1509], nephew and h., being 1888. s. and h. of Walter Sackville Lane-Fox (</. 1 8 Aug. 1 874), an officer in the Grenadier Guards, by his ist wife, Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana {b. 16 July 1801 ; m. 22 June 1826), only sister of the last-named Peer, which Charlotte J. 17 Jan. 1836. He was b. in London 14, and bap. privately 27 Sep. 1827; entered the army, 1854; Lieut. 87th Foot 1855, received a medal and clasp for Sebastopol; sue. his maternal uncle, the Duke of Leeds, in the Baronies of Darcy and of Conyers, and took his seat as Baron Conyers 9 June 1859. He was a Conservative. He w., 14 Aug. 1 860, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Mary, ist da. of Reginald Curteis, Capt. ist Dragoons, by Frances Mary, ist da. of Laurence Reynolds, of Paxton Hall, co. Huntingdon. He d. s.p.m.s..,(^) at St. Clare, Walmer, Kent, 24, and was bur. 29 Aug. 1888, at Walmer, aged nearly 61. Will dat. 31 July, pr. 13 Dec. 1888. On his death the Barony of Darcy [1344] and the Barony of Conyers [1509] fell into abeyance between his two daughters and coheirs, and so continued until the abeyance of the latter was terminated in favour of the elder coh., 8 June 1892, as below, and the abeyance of the former was terminated in favour of the yr. coh. eleven years later.('=) His widow, who was b. 15 Feb. 1841, in Grosvenor Str., was living 19 13. XIII. 1892. 13. Marcia Amelia Mary, ist da. and coh., b. at Wellesbourne, 1 8 Oct., and bap. there 24 Nov. 1 863. She OT., 5 Aug. 1886, at St. Peter's, Cranley Gardens, Charles Alfred Worsley (Anderson-Pelham), Earl of Yarborough. In her favour the abeyance of the Barony was terminated, 8 June 1892, and she became, accordingly, suo jure BARONESS CONYERS. On 29 Sep. 1903, the abeyance of the Barony of Fauconberge was determined in her favour, whereby she became also suo jure BARONESS FAUCONBERGE (see that title). See further particulars under "Yarborough," Earldom, cr. 1837, sub the 4th Earl. [Charles Sackville Pelham, ja7^^Lord Worsley, ist s. and h. ap.; b. 14 Aug 1887; Lieut. Roy. Horse Guards. He »;., 31 Jan. 191 1, at St. Margaret's, Westm., Alexandra Mary Freesia, 4th da. of Hussey Crespigny (') According to the decision of 29 Sep. 1903 as to that Barony. He never used this title, being unaware that he had any right thereto. C"^ His only s., Sackville Fitzroy Henry Lane-Fox, b. 9 May 1861, in Chesham Str., London, d. unm. and v.p., 27 Aug. 1 879, in the military hospital at Durban, Natal, S.A. V.G. (■=) The yr. coh., the Hon. Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox, h. r June 1865, m., 21 Aug. 1890, George Charles, 4th Earl of Fowls. On 29 Sep. 1903, the abeyance of the Barony of Darcy (of Knayth) was determined in her favour. See that title, and also "Powis"; and for some observations on the termination of the abeyance of baronies see vol. iv, Appendix H. 52