Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron
1856-1937, English explorer, art historian, and writer. Conway filled several university positions and in 1918-31 represented the combined English universities as Conservative member in the House of Commons. He began mountain climbing at 16 and conducted expeditions of exploration in Spitsbergen (1896-97) and the Bolivian Andes (1898). His numerous books on art and exploration include Mountain Memories (1920), Art Treasures of Soviet Russia (1925), and Giorgione as a Landscape Painter (1929).
