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Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, the 1st Baronet was born on 21 October 1786 in Wales, but was of mainly Irish ancestry, claiming descent from the ancient O’Maolconaire family of County Roscommon. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1803, retiring on half-pay as a Captain in 1822. In 1808 he married Elizabeth Fisher, a niece of John ...
Victoire Conroy. Sir John Conroy, 1er Baronnet, né le 21 octobre 1786 à Caerhun au Pays de Galles et mort le 2 mars 1854 à Reading en Angleterre, est un officier de l'Armée britannique principalement connu pour avoir tenu le rôle de gestionnaire de la maison de la Duchesse de Kent et de sa jeune fille, la Princesse Victoria, future Reine ...
Aide-de-Camp. John Ponsonby Conroy was born in Caernarvonshire, Wales, on 21 October 1786 and was one of six children born to John Ponsonby Conroy, a barrister, and Margaret Wilson, who were both Irish. On 8 September 1803, Conroy was commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant and was promoted to First lieutenant on 12 September.
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 relationship.
John Conroy ISC. Winner Of the 2020 ASC Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television, BAFTA, EMMY and RTS Nominated Cinematographer
Template:For multi 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. In 1817, after holding several ranks in the army, he became the equerry of Prince Edward, Duke of ...
Sir John Conroy (1786-1854) – Childhood Nemesis of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria was the illegitimate daughter of an Irishman. At least that was the sensational claim made in 2003 by A.N. Wilson, one of the most respected historians to specialize in the Victorian Age. Wilson proposed that Victoria was the love child of a romance between her ...
