George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Coventry
Earl of Coventry
In office
1940–2002
Preceded byGeorge Coventry
Succeeded by
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 March 1956 – 11 November 1999
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by10th Earl of Coventry
Succeeded byseat abolished
(House of Lords Act 1999)
Personal details
Born(1934-01-25)25 January 1934
Wilton Crescent, London
Died14 June 2002(2002-06-14) (aged 68)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Marie Medhart
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(m. 1955; div. 1963)​

Ann Cripps
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(m. 1969; div. 1975)​

Valerie Ann Birch
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(m. 1980; div. 1988)​

Rachel Wynne Mason
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(m. 1992; his death 2002)​
ChildrenEdward Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst
Parent(s)George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry
Nesta Donne Philips
Alma materStowe School
Eton College

George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry (born 25 January 1934; died 14 June 2002 in Málaga, Spain) was a British hereditary peer and politician of the Conservative Party.

Life and career[]

Coventry was the fourth child and only son of George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (1900-1940) and Nesta Donne Philips (1903–1997).[1] He inherited the title Earl of Coventry at the age of six, when his father was killed in action during the Battle of Wytschaete on 27 May 1940.[2]

He attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and Eton College.[1] On 21 March 1956 he took his seat in the House of Lords.[3] He worked as stock broker, fashion designer, merchant and director of an oil company.[1] He supported John Major, after joining the Conservative Party in the 1990s. He lost his seat in the House of Lords by the House of Lords Act 1999 and did not compete for one of the remaining seats.[4]

Family[]

Graves of the 11th Earl of Coventry and of Charles Coventry (1867–1929), at St Nicholas' Church, Earls Croome

Coventry was married four times:[5]

  • He married Marie Medhart on 22 March 1955, the daughter of William Medhart.[1] The couple divorced in 1963.
  • He married Ann Cripps on 5 December 1969 and divorced in 1975.
  • He married Valerie Ann Birch 29 November 1980 and divorced in 1988.
  • Finally, he married Rachel Wynne Mason on 4 July 1992.

He died in June 2002 at the age of 68 years. The title was inherited by his 89-year-old cousin (1912–2004), because his son of the first marriage Edward Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst had previously died in 1997 .[6]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry Article on thepeerage, downloades on 27 February 2014
  2. ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Lord Astor of Hever (1956)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 21 March 1956.
  4. ^ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections Website Election Demon, downloaded on 27 February 2014
  5. ^ "The Earl of Coventry". The Telegraph. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ Coventry, Earl of (E, 1697) Article on Cracroftspeerage, downloaded on 27. February 2014
Political offices
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Coventry
1940–2002 		Succeeded by

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