Editing Springhill House (section)

===George Lenox-Conyngham===
Col. William Conyngham died without issue in 1784. The estate passed to his brother David Conyngham who also died childless four years later. As a result, the estate then passed to the son of their sister Ann who had married Clotworthy Lenox of [[Derry]], grandson of James Lenox, Alderman of Derry<ref>[http://www.ntprints.com/image/357480/handwritten-inscription-to-alderman-james-lennox-2nd-lord-derry-january-30th-1709-in-the-collections-and-observations-methodizd-edinburgh-1709-part-of-the-springhill-library-collections Letter to Alderman James Lennox] – 30 January 1709</ref> ([[Mayor of Derry]] 1693 and 1697), remembered as one of the leaders of the [[Siege of Derry]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cbFfAAAAcAAJ&q=lenox&pg=PA343 Ireland Preserved; or the Siege of Londonderry and the Battle of Aughrim], by Rev John Graham (Pub: Hardy & Walker, Dublin, 1841)</ref><ref>[http://www.historyireland.com/penal-laws/sources-in-the-public-records-office-of-northern-ireland-11/ The account of James Lenox in PRONI listing the food and materials owned by him] which 'the garrison of Derry in ye laying of the Siedge' used, and for which he sought compensation. (T.3161). – Sources in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (1:1)</ref> and the city's Member of Parliament 1703–1713.  Col. George Lenox, upon inheriting the estate, adopted the name Lenox-Conyngham and his descendants lived in the house until 1961. George served under [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Castlereagh]] in the [[Irish Volunteers (18th century)|Irish Volunteers]] but, after being betrayed by Castlereagh, resigned his commission in disgrace in 1816. As a result of this, combined with his depressive nature, he committed suicide later that year. His 2nd wife Olivia (4th daughter of [https://archive.org/stream/briefaccountofir00irvi#page/46/mode/2up William Irvine of Castle Irvine], County Fermanagh) is said to haunt the house to this day<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=j0o7AwAAQBAJ&dq=olivia+daughter+of+irvine+castle+irvine+conyngham&pg=PA124 The ghost story of Olivia Lenox-Conyngham] née Irvine of Castle Irvine, as published in 'The Ghost-Hunter's Casebook: The Investigations of Andrew Green Revisited', by Bowen Pearse</ref> and is reputed to be the best documented ghost in Ireland. George Lenox-Conyngham married as his first wife Jane Hamilton of Castlefin, by whom he had a son and heir William Lenox-Conyngham. Jane's mother was Jean Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton of Brown Hall County Donegal; Jean married John Hamilton of [[Castlefin]] County Donegal, and after his death married George Lenox-Conyngham's uncle William Conyngham.<ref>An Old Ulster House, Springhill and the people who lived in it. Author: Mina Lenox-Conyngham (page 66, 2005 edition published by the Ulster Historical Foundation)</ref>