George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry
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and Tory
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politician.
Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry PC , known as William Coventry until 1719, was a British politician.Coventry was the son of Walter Coventry and his wife Anne . His grandfather Walter Coventry was the youngest brother of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry...
, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester
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and University College, Oxford
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. He was elected to the House of Commons for Bridport
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in 1744 (succeeding his elder brother Viscount Deerhurst
Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst
Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst was a British Tory Member of Parliament.Deerhurst was the eldest son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Elizabeth , and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford...
), a seat he held until 1747, and then represented Worcestershire
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from 1747 to 1751. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords
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. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
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from 1751 to 1808 and was a Lord of the Bedchamber
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to George II
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from 1752 to 1760 and to George III
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from 1760 to 1770.
Lord Coventry married firstly Maria, daughter of Colonel John Gunning, in 1752. She died in 1760. He married secondly the Hon. Barbara, daughter of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso
John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso
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, in 1764. There were children from both marriages. Lady Coventry died in 1804. Lord Coventry survived her by five years and died in September 1809, aged 87. He was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, George
George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry
George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry was a British peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Deerhurst until 1809....
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