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Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, 1st Baronet, KCH (21 October 1786 – 2 March 1854) was a British Army officer who served as comptroller to the Duchess of Kent and her young daughter, Princess Victoria, the future Queen of the United Kingdom. Conroy was born in Wales to Irish parents.
John Ponsonby Conroy (1786-1854) fue un oficial del ejército británico que ejerció como administrador de la duquesa de Kent y su hija, la futura reina Victoria del Reino Unido. Conroy nació en Gales de padres irlandeses , y tras ir escalando puestos en el mundo militar, se convirtió en caballerizo del príncipe Eduardo de Kent ...
Rumours about Victoria's parentage centred on a controversial Irish soldier and adventurer called Sir John Conroy who was her mother's private secretary and the comptroller of her household. The Duchess of Kent was the same age as Conroy, whereas she was nineteen years younger than her husband; the court gossiped openly about their ...
Sir John Conroy (1786-1854) Born: 21st October 1786 at Caerhun, Caernarfonshire. Controller of the Household to Princess Victoria. Died: 2nd March 1854 at Arborfield, Berkshire.
7 de ene. de 2014 · From her husband’s death the Duchess employed his equerry, John Conroy, as the comptroller of her household and later as her private secretary. Their intention to force the princess Victoria into a regency alienated them from the royal family and the Duchess had a poor relationship with the king, despite his fondness for his heir.
Her late husband’s equerry, Sir John Conroy, claimed he had been asked by the Duke to take care of the Duchess and became more prominent in the lives of the Duchess and Victoria. Image: Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria in 1821 by Sir William Beechey, RCIN 407169, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
27 de sept. de 2018 · The very efficient John Conroy arranged for the Duke and Duchess’ speedy return to England in time for the birth of their first and only child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, the future Queen Victoria, on May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace in London.
