Henry Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles

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Henry Mountcharles, Earl Mountcharles aka Henry Vivien Pierpont Conyngham. Lord Henry was born May 23, 1951 to William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham and his wife Eilenn Wren Newsom. Between 1951 and 1974 he was titled Viscount Slane until his son was born. Educated in Harrow School, Harvard University and Cambridge, USA. His first wife, Juliet Ann Kitson, bore him two children, a son, Alexander Burton Conyngham, Viscount Slane (b. January 30, 1975) and a daughter Henrietta Tamara Juliet Conyngham (b. 1976). He then divorced Kitson and married Lady Iona Charollette Grimston, with whom he had a daughter Tamara Jane Juliet Conyngham (b. 1976). Lord Henry changed his name from Conyngham to Mountcharles because of his media attention organising concerts on his Slane estate. In 1992 he ran an unsuccessful election campaign to win a seat for Fine Gael in Louth. He is the Heir Apparent to the Marquess Conyngham.