Peerage Record – 2911

     Thomas Coventry, 3rd Earl of Coventry was born on 7 April 1702.¹ He was the son of Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry and Lady Anne Somerset.¹ He died on 28 January 1711/12 at age 9 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He died intestate and his estate was administered to his mother on 14 February 1711/12.¹
     He was educated in 1710 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Coventry [E., 1697] in August 1710.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Deerhurst, of the hundred of Deerhurst, co. Gloucester [E., 1697] in August 1710.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, co. Worcester [E., 1628] in August 1710.¹

     Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry was born circa 1668.¹ He was the son of Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry and Winifred Edgcumbe.¹ He married, firstly, Dorothy Keyt, daughter of Sir William Keyt, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Coventry, circa 30 November 1694.¹ He married, secondly, Anne Master, daughter of Sir Streynsham Master and Elizabeth Legh, on 27 June 1715 at Guildhall Chapel, London, England^G.³ He died on 27 October 1719 at Croome Dabitot, Worcestershire, England^G, without male issue.³ His will was proven (by probate) on 13 February 1719/20.³
     He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Deerhurst, of the hundred of Deerhurst, co. Gloucester [E., 1697] on 28 January 1711/12.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Coventry [E., 1697] on 28 January 1711/12.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, co. Worcester [E., 1628] on 28 January 1711/12.¹ His last will was dated 27 October 1719.
     On his death, the Barony of Coventry of Aylesborough became extinct.³

     Hon. William James Coventry was born on 1 January 1797.¹ He was the son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry and Peggy Pitches.¹ He married Mary Laing, daughter of James Laing, on 26 July 1821.¹ He died on 11 March 1877 at age 80.¹

     Mary Laing was the daughter of James Laing.¹ She married Hon. William James Coventry, son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry and Peggy Pitches, on 26 July 1821.¹ She died on 29 December 1892.¹
     Her married name became Coventry.

     Leila Louisa Colquitt-Craven was born circa 1844 at Ablington, Gloucestershire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Goodwin Charles Colquitt-Craven and Georgina Maria Craven.¹ She married Reverend Henry William Coventry, son of Hon. William James Coventry and Mary Laing, on 21 April 1868 at Northleach, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ She died in 1899.
     From 21 April 1868, her married name became Coventry.¹

     Goodwin Charles Colquitt-Craven is the son of Lt.-Col. Goodwin Colquitt and Agnes Wallace. He married Georgina Maria Craven, daughter of Fulwar Craven and Laura Vansittart, on 17 June 1841.² He died on 29 June 1899.²
     He lived at Brockhampton Park, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He lived at Brockhampton Park, Berkshire, England^G.²

     Caroline Stirling Dundas was born on 6 May 1815 at Dalmeny, West Lothian, Scotland^G.² She was the daughter of James Dundas of Dundas and Hon. Mary Tufton Duncan.^1,3 She married Hon. Henry Amelius Coventry, son of George William Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry and Lady Mary Beauclerk, on 2 August 1837.¹ She died on 1 January 1862 at age 46.¹
     Her married name became Coventry.

     James Dundas of Dundas was born posthumously on 14 January 1793.² He was the son of Captain George Dundas of Dundas and Christian Stirling.² He was baptised on 9 April 1793 at Dalmeny, West Lothian, Scotland^G.³ He married Hon. Mary Tufton Duncan, daughter of Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown and Henrietta Dundas, on 20 July 1813.² He died on 9 March 1881 at age 88.²
     He held the position of 26th Chief of the Name and Arms of Dundas from in 1793.² He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.² He lived at Dundas Castle, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland^G.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Linlithgowshire.² He sold Dundas Castle in 1875.²

     Frances Anne Lucas is the daughter of Henry Lucas.¹ She married Major Walter Frederick James Cowan in 1869.
     Her married name became Cowan.