George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry

George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry (26 April 1722 – 3 September 1809), styled Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician.

The 6th Earl of Coventry.

Early life

Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford.

Career

Croome Court

He was elected to the House of Commons for Bridport in 1744 (succeeding his elder brother Viscount Deerhurst), a seat he held until 1747, and then represented Worcestershire from 1747 to 1751. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire from 1751 to 1808 and was a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II from 1752 to 1760 and to George III from 1760 to 1770.

He inherited Croome Court, near Pershore, Worcestershire from his father and commissioned Capability Brown to redesign both the house and surrounding parkland.

Private life

Lord Coventry married firstly Maria, daughter of Colonel John Gunning, in 1752. She died in 1760, having produced a son and 2 daughters. He married secondly the Hon. Barbara, daughter of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso, in 1764, with whom he had a further 2 sons and a daughter. Lady Coventry died in 1804.

Lord Coventry survived his second wife by five years and died in September 1809, aged 87. He was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry. His youngest son was Thomas William Coventry.

Gallery

Memorial to the 6th Earl of Coventry in the church at Croome Court
Angelica Kauffmann, Barbara St. John Bletsoe, Countess of Coventry, Princeton University Art Museum, the second wife of the Earl of Coventry

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References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Coventry

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Richards Viscount Deerhurst	Member of Parliament for Bridport 1744–1747 With: George Richards 1744–1746 Thomas Grenville 1746–1747 James Grenville 1747	Succeeded by James Grenville John Frederick Pinney
Preceded by Edmund Pytts Edmund Lechmere	Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1747–1751 With: Edmund Pytts	Succeeded by Edmund Pytts John Bulkeley Coventry
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Coventry	Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire 1751–1808	Succeeded by Viscount Deerhurst
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Coventry	Earl of Coventry 1751–1809	Succeeded by George William Coventry

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