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Personal data George William Coventry 6th Earl of Coventry 

Sources 1, 2

Household of George William Coventry 6th Earl of Coventry

(1) He is married to Maria Gunning.

They got married March 1752 at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Barbara Saint John.

They got married in the year 1764, he was 41 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Coventry  1765-1829 


Notes about George William Coventry 6th Earl of Coventry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Coventry,_6th_Earl_of_Coventry

George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry (26 April 1722 –  3 September 1809), known as Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician.

Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons for Bridport in 1744 (succeeding his elder brother Viscount Deerhurst), a seat he held until 1747, and then represented Worcestershire from 1747 to 1751. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire from 1751 to 1808 and was a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II from 1752 to 1760 and to George III from 1760 to 1770.

Lord Coventry married firstly Maria, daughter of Colonel John Gunning, in 1752. She died in 1760. He married secondly the Hon. Barbara, daughter of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso, in 1764. There were children from both marriages. Lady Coventry died in 1804. Lord Coventry survived her by five years and died in September 1809, aged 87. He was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, George.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George William Coventry

Walter Coventry
Anne Holcombe
William Coventry
± 1676-1751

George William Coventry
1722-1809

(1) 1752

Maria Gunning
± 1732-1760

George William Coventry
1758-1831
Anne Margaret Coventry
(2) 1764

Barbara Saint John
1748-1804

John Coventry
1765-1829

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Sources

  1. "Ballard-Willis Family Tree," database, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com , Ballard-Willis Family Tree, Mark W. Ballard
  2. "Mark Willis Ballard (gedcom, rootsweb)," supplied by Ballard, 2013., Mark Willis Ballard (gedcom), compiled by Mark Willis Ballard [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]

Historical events

Birthday April 26, 1722

  • The temperature on April 26, 1722 was about 12.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1722: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
    • April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
    • July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.

Day of death September 3, 1809

  • The temperature on September 3, 1809 was about 18.0 °C. There was 73 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
    • March 13 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
    • April 11 » An incomplete British victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Basque Roads results in the court-martial of James, Lord Gambier.
    • April 20 » Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
    • April 22 » The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
    • December 25 » Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.


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