Sir Martin Conway
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, (12 April 1856 – 19 April 1937), known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as well as in South America and Asia. Conway occupied several university positions and from 1918 to 1931 was a representative of the Combined English Universities as a conservative member of the House of Commons. In 1872 he took up mountain climbing and went on expeditions to Spitsbergen from 1896 to 1897 and the Andes of Bolivia in 1898. He is an author of books on art and exploration, which include Mountain Memories (1920), Art Treasures of Soviet Russia (1925), and Giorgione as a Landscape Painter (1929). |
Birth and Death Data: Born Rochester (town and former city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England), Died 1937 (London (capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | CVE-39320 | 12-in. | 6/24/1927 | Introductory speech for the English-speaking Union | Sir Martin Conway | Speech | speaker | |
| Gramophone | Cc10967 | 12-in. | 6/24/1927 | Introductory speech for the English-speaking union | Sir Martin Conway | Speech | speaker | |
| Gramophone | CVE-39319 | 12-in. | 6/24/1927 | Introductory speech for the English-speaking Union | Sir Martin Conway | Speech | speaker | |
| Gramophone | Cc10970 | 12-in. | 6/24/1927 | Introductory speech for the English-speaking union | Sir Martin Conway | Speech | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Conway, Martin, Sir," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102152.
Conway, Martin, Sir. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102152.
"Conway, Martin, Sir." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
Britannica: Sir Martin Conway
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50077543
Wikidata: Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2034158
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/100215650
Getty ULAN: Conway, Martin, Sir - https://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500186612
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/19406 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/19406
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