The Convention was the result of the 1933 International Conference for the Protection of the Fauna and Flora of Africa, presided over by Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, then president of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire.
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow (1876–1945), diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister
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Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow (1715–1776), Member of Parliament for Guildford and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
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Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet (1741–1817), British naval leader distinguished at the Battle of Camperdown
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Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow (1654–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, grandson of the above
The family seat was Clandon Park, East and West Clandon, Surrey the centrepiece of which, a National Trust mansion and gardens was for the most part commissioned by his father.