sentences:  Conyngham served during the reign of James II as a captain in Mountjoy's Regiment.He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of Robert Echlin's (formerly Sir Albert Conyngham's) Regiment of Dragoons on 31 December 1691 and appointed colonel of a newly raised regiment of dragoons on 1 February 1693.He was promoted to brigadier-general on 1 January 1703 and major-general on 3 April 1705.