George Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry

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Coat of arms of the Earls of Coventry.

George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry (born January 25, 1934 at Croome Court , Worcestershire , † June 14, 2002 in Málaga , Spain ) was a British peer and politician of the Conservative Party .

life and career

Coventry was born on January 25, 1934, the fourth child and only son of George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry , and the Hon. Nesta Donne Philips (1903-1997). He attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and Eton College .

Coventry graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst and then served in the Grenadier Guards . He was active as a stockbroker and also worked as a fashion designer, businessman and director of an oil company.

After the death of his father in 1940, he inherited the title of Earl of Coventry and took the then associated seat in the House of Lords . He lost this through the House of Lords Act 1999 . He did not run for one of the remaining seats. He was considered a supporter of John Major after joining the Conservative Party in the 1990s .

family

The tombs of the 11th Earl of Coventry and Charles Coventry (1867–1929) at St Nicholas Church in Earls Croome

Coventry has been married four times. He married Marie Medhart, the daughter of William Medhart, on March 22, 1955. They divorced in 1963. On December 5, 1969, he married Ann Cripps. The divorce took place in 1975. On November 29, 1980, he married Valerie Ann Birch. This marriage lasted until 1988. In his fourth and final marriage, he was married to Rachel Wynne Mason from July 4, 1992.

He died in June 2002 at the age of 68. Since his only child, a son from his first marriage, Edward Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst had died in 1997 without leaving any sons, his title was inherited by his then 89-year-old cousin Francis Coventry, 12th Earl of Coventry (1912-2004).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed February 27, 2014
  3. ^ Coventry, Earl of (E, 1697) entry in Cracroftspeerage , accessed February 27, 2014
predecessor Office successor
George Coventry Earl of Coventry
1940-2002 		Francis Coventry
personal data
SURNAME Coventry, George, 11th Earl of Coventry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coventry, George William, 11th Earl of Coventry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH on Croome Court
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2002
Place of death Málaga , Spain