Talk:John Conroy

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 11:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Query on wording
Haemophilia is carried in the female line, except in the rare case where a male sufferer lives long enough to beget daughters, all of whom would then be carriers.
 * Why is it a rare thing for a male person to live long enough to beget daughters? I'm sure that's not what it means to say, but I can't work out the intended meaning.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  03:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it is referring to the low life expectancy of those with Haemophilia (i.e. men dying young will not be able to father sons or daughters). I'm currently preparing an article expansion, so I'll look into it further when I eventually come to that section of the article. Cheers,  Ruby  2010/  2013  04:05, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I ended up deleting the sentence, as I don't think it added anything to the article (and didn't appear in any of my sources).  Ruby  2010/  2013  03:11, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

native language?
"Conroy's native language was of particular value to the Duchess because she had not yet acquired fluency in English." Conroy was born in a Welsh-speaking area, so his 'native language' might be presumed to be Welsh. Presumably he was brought up speaking English, however, but in what way was this of 'value' to the Duchess who did not? I have deleted this unexplained and badly expressed gibberish. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 08:23, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

porphyria
the claim that George III had porphyria has been discredited according to a recent article in BBC History magazine, so the Rappaport 2003 book is outdated in this respect. The part about it in the article should be updated 188.30.188.30 (talk) 08:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC)