Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham

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Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, KP, GCH, PC (11 June 1797 – 17 July 1879), styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was the second son of the 1st Marquess Conyngham.

He married Lady Jane Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, on 23 April 1824. They had five children:

• George Henry Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham (1825–1882)
• Lady Jane Conyngham (1826–1900), married Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill and had issue.
• Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Conyngham (d. 1904), married George Finch, 11th Earl of Winchilsea.
• Lady Cecilia Augusta Conyngham (d. 1877), married Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet and had issue.
• Lady Frances Caroline Martha Conyngham (1827–1898), married Gustavus Lambart and had issue.

He was made a Knight of St Patrick in 1833 and a Privy Counsellor in 1835. Upon the death of William IV he told Princess Victoria that she was the new monarch, and the first to address her "Your Majesty."

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Benjamin Shaw	Member of Parliament for Westbury 1818–1820	Succeeded by Nathaniel Barton
Preceded by Earl of Mount Charles	Member of Parliament for Donegal 1825–1831	Succeeded by Sir Edmund Hayes
Court offices
Preceded by Charles Nassau Thomas	Master of the Robes 1820–1830	Succeeded by Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Clanwilliam	Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with The Lord Howard de Walden from 1824 1823–1826	Succeeded by The Lord Howard de Walden and The Marquess of Clanricarde
Preceded by The Duke of Richmond and Lennox	Postmaster General 1834	Succeeded by The Lord Maryborough
Preceded by The Lord Maryborough	Postmaster General 1835	Succeeded by The Earl of Lichfield
Preceded by The Marquess Wellesley	Lord Chamberlain 1835–1839	Succeeded by The Earl of Uxbridge
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Fingall	Lord Lieutenant of Meath 1869–1876	Succeeded by The Marquess of Headfort
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Henry Conyngham	Marquess Conyngham 1832–1879	Succeeded by George Conyngham