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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.
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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.