page_title: Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
section_title: Courtier
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham / Courtier
caption_attribution_description: English: Queen Victoria receiving the news of her accession to the throne, 20 June 1837.
context_page_description: Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, KP, GCH, PC, styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, courtier, politician and absentee landlord.
context_section_description: In his youth Lord Conyngham was a Page of Honour to the Prince Regent (later George IV). Between 1820 and 1830 he was a Groom of the Bedchamber and Master of the Robes to George IV. As Lord Chamberlain, he and the Archbishop of Canterbury went to Kensington Palace at 5 a.m. on 20 June 1837 to inform Princess Victoria that she was now Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Upon the death of William IV he told Princess Victoria that she was the new monarch, and was the first to address her "Your Majesty".
caption: Queen Victoria receives the news of her accession from Lord Conyngham (left) and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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