(1757 - 85), 4th s. of 1st E. of Hertford (later 1st M. of Hertford); Trin. Oxf. 1775, MA All Souls 1782; canon of Ch.Ch. Oxf. 1783; rect. of Sudborne-cum-Orford, Suff.; unm.
1784 Florence (3 - 5 Mar.), Rome (Mar. - 10 May), Terni, Foligno (21 - 22 May), Venice (30 May), Milan (by 5 Jun.), Turin (by 19 Jun. - Oct. - )
Edward Conway went abroad with Colonel Charles O'Hara (the intimate friend of Edward's cousin, General Henry Conway), most probably for his health. A 'comely son of Anak', it was observed that a colossal antique foot in the courtyard of the Capitol was 'exactly the length of Mr E. Conway's height and the great toe the thickness of his body'.1 Conway and O'Hara met the Ramsays in Florence and crossed paths with the Berrys at Rome, Terni and Turin; with Dr John Parkinson at Tivoli and Milan, and with William Assheton at Venice and Milan.2 In Turin on 14 October Conway was noticed in a party of Englishmen at the 'Hotel d'Angleterre' with Frederick North, Blackett and Bingley,3 but soon he was lying 'ill at the auberge'.4 At Lyons the following April, 'daily worse', he was visited by his brother George; he died there on 29 August 1785.5
1. Wal.Corr., 39:379. Berry Jnls., 1:103. 2. Ramsay jnlmss (3 - 5 May 1784). Berry Jnls., 1:103, 117, 127. Parkinson jnl. MSS (15 Apr., 30 May, 5 Jun. 1784). Assheton list MSS. 3. Hall jnl.MSS 6326, f.126v. 4. Berry Jnls., 1:127. 5. Raby MSS, Raby Castle, Durham (Ld. Barnard, 24 Apr. 1785). Wal.Corr., 39:433.