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Coventry, George William, 1758-1831
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1758-1831
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COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 7TH EARL OF COVENTRY, only son of George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieut. Worcestershire, and his first wife Maria, sister of John Gunning (qv); b. 28 Apr 1758; styled Viscount Deerhust 1758-1809; adm. 5 Mar 1767; left Whitsun 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Jan 1776; blinded in hunting accident Nov 1780; Lord Lieut., Worcestershire from 23 Nov 1808; succ. father as 7th Earl of Coventry 3 Sep 1809; Recorder of Worcester; High Steward of Tewkesbury; m. 1st, 18 Mar 1777 Lady Catherine Henley, fourth dau. of Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (qv); m. 2nd, 10 Jan 1783 Peggy, second dau. of Sir Abraham Pitches, Kt, Streatham, Surrey; d. 26 Mar 1831.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.