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COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 8TH EARL OF COVENTRY, eldest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Oct 1784; in school list 1801; played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802; styled Viscount Deerhurst 1809-31; MP Worcester 23 Dec 1816-26; succ. father as 8th Earl of Coventry 26 Mar 1831; DL Worcs. 1803, Vice-Lieut. 1826; m. 1st, 16 Jan 1808 Hon. Emma Susanna Lygon, sister of William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1811 (in Scotland) and 6 Nov 1811 (in England) Lady Mary Beauclerk, only dau. of Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St. Albans, and his first wife; d. 15 May 1843.

COVENTRY, HON. JOHN, second son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 30 Jun 1789; at school 1800; in school list 1801; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 14 Dec 1808; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 13 Sep 1821, half-pay; d. 24 May 1852.

COVENTRY, HON. THOMAS HENRY, fourth son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv) and his second wife; b. 18 Sep 1792; adm. 18 Jan 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1811; BA 1815; MA 1827; ordained deacon and priest, 1816; Rector of Pirton with Croome D’Abitot, Worcs., 1 Nov 1816-33; Rector of Hill Croome, Worcs., from 19 Feb 1827; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., from 2 Mar 1833; d. 20 Aug 1869.

COVENTRY, HON. WILLIAM JAMES, youngest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 1 Jan 1797; adm. 15 Jan 1806; left 1810; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1815; DL JP Worcestershire; m. 26 Jul 1821 Mary, dau. of James Laing, Jamaica; d. 11 Mar 1877.

COVERT, COCKQUERELL, elder son of Rev. Charles Randall Covert, Vicar of North Mundham, Sussex, and Martha, dau. of George Cockquerell, Heyshott, Sussex; b. 27 May 1709; adm. (aged 13) Aug 1722; apprenticed to Michael Thompson, citizen and mercer; adm. attorney, Common Pleas, 29 Oct 1732, and adm. solicitor, 27 May 1734; practised at Chichester; d. 5 May 1737.

Covington, Crescens Kingsley, son of Walter George Covington, C. V. O., of Ealham, secretary of Coutts' Bank, by his first wife, Jeanne, daughter of C. Robinson; b. Sept. 19, 1890; adm. April 26, 1901 (A); K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1913; served in France in the Great War; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters Oct. 25, 1916; Lieut. April 25, 1918; wounded at Dernancourt March 28, 1918, and lost his right leg; M.C. July 26, 1918; French Croix de Guerre Nov. 1917; director of the Civic Co. Ltd., Fulham Palace Road; m. Aug. 3, 1921, Rosalind Eve, daughter of Henry C. Merillier, of St. John's Wood, d. Oct. 25, 1947.

Covington, William Henry Walter, only son of the Rev. William Covington, Prebendary of St. Paul's and Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, London; b. Aug. 8, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (G); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1890 (adm. pensr. June 17, 1890); B.A. 1893; d. July 10, 1894.

Cowan, Eric William Lindsay, only son of Sir William Henry Cowan, Kt., M. P., of Westminster, by Winifrede, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Edinburgh; b. Nov. 20, 1901; adm. from Rugby School Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left July 1920; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1920; m. April 22, 1925, Hylda Dorothea, elder daughter of J. H. Marlow, of Sedgebrook, Northampton; 31 Oct. 1959.

Cowan, Horatio Alexander, son of Horatio William Alexander Cowan, M. D., of St. Pancras, by Alma Beatrice, daughter of John Whaley, of Bayswater; b. Aug. 4, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (R); left July 1918; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1924; practised in London and at Bournemouth; surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth.