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Victoire Maria Louisa, Lady Hanmer ( née Conroy; 12 August 1819 – 9 February 1866) was a childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria. She was born the youngest daughter of Sir John Conroy, who served as the comptroller of the household of the Duchess of Kent and the young princess.
Lady Victoire Maria Louisa Hanmer Conroy ( 12 agosto 1819 – 9 febbraio 1866) è stata una nobile britannica, fu una compagna di giochi della futura regina Vittoria. Era la figlia più giovane di Elizabeth Fisher e di Sir John Conroy, che servì come controllore della famiglia della duchessa di Kent e della giovane principessa. Biografia.
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Conroy was born on 21 October 1786 in Maes-y-castell, Caerhun, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was one of six children born to John Ponsonby Conroy (1759-1797), an Irish barrister from County Roscommon, and his wife Margaret Wilson (d. 1845). Both of his parents were native to Ireland. The younger Conroy was privately educated in Dublin. On 8 September ...
Through the connection of his wife's uncle,[note 1] Conroy came to the attention of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Conroy was appointed as an equerry in 1817, shortly before the Duke's marriage to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. An efficient organiser, Conroy's planning ensured the Duke and...
After Conroy's departure from Victoria's service in 1837, a popular song read: Following his death in 1854, The Timespublished a positive obituary that declared "the name, person and character of Sir John Conroy are so well and, in many respects, so favourably known in British society that we have no doubt the announcement of his death will be rece...
Conroy has been portrayed numerous times in film and television. Herbert Wilcox's Victoria the Great (1937) depicted Conroy as a "smarmy character" who is not well developed in the film. The baronet was played by Stefan Skodler in 1954's The Story of Vickie, and Herbert Hübner in Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936). Patrick Malahide played Conroy in ...
Conroy was descended from the Ó Maolconaire family of Elphin, County Roscommon. The family had been the hereditary Ollamhs to the O'Connor Kings of Connacht. He was descended from Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire who was the last recognised Chief of the Sept. 1. Torna Mór Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1435 2. Seán Rua Ó Maolchonaire 3. Domhnall Rua Ó...
Kingdom of Hanover: Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, 1827Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, July 1835People. Victoire of France (1733–1799), daughter of King Louis XV of France. Victoire Babois (1760–1839), French poet and writer of elegies. Victoire Conroy (1819–1866), a disliked childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria.
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Victoire Maria Louisa, Lady Hanmer (née Conroy; 12 August 1819 – 9 February 1866) was a childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria. She was born the youngest daughter of Sir John Conroy, who served as the comptroller of the household of the Duchess of Kent and the young princess.
The wedding of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (later Prince Consort) took place on 10 February 1840 at Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, in London .
