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Lot Essay
George Henry Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham, 'Mount' (1825-1882), was educated at Eton, afterwards embarking on a tour through Egypt, the Holy Land and Greece. On his return, he was made a Cornet in the Scots Greys in Ireland. Several years later, he was transferred to the 1st Life Guards, in which he remained until he was promoted to the rank of Major, at which time he had to retire from the regiment due to ill health. He then served on the staff of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and, in 1870, was appointed Equerry to Queen Victoria. In 1877, his health, once again deteriorating, forced him to become an Extra-Equerry. In his retirement, 'Mount' devoted his time to his family. His nickname, 'Mount' derives from his title of Mountcharles, an area in Donegal.
'Mount' has always been deservedly a favourite. He is a true and faithful friend, and a generous benefactor to the poor; and he has endured with unchanged good temper and unadulterated equanimity the malady which has withdrawn him from active life, and has caused him to live almost wholly on board his yacht.
Vanity Fair, 'Statesmen', No. 349, 1881.
'Mount' has always been deservedly a favourite. He is a true and faithful friend, and a generous benefactor to the poor; and he has endured with unchanged good temper and unadulterated equanimity the malady which has withdrawn him from active life, and has caused him to live almost wholly on board his yacht.
Vanity Fair, 'Statesmen', No. 349, 1881.