George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
|---|---|
| In office 21 March 1956 – 11 November 1999 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | 10th Earl of Coventry |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished (House of Lords Act 1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1934 London, England |
| Died | 14 June 2002 (aged 68) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
Marie Medhart
(m. 1955; div. 1963)Ann Cripps
(m. 1969; div. 1975)Valerie Ann Birch
(m. 1980; div. 1988)Rachel Wynne Mason
(m. 1992) |
| Children | Edward Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst |
| Parent(s) | George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry Nesta Donne Philips |
| Alma mater | Stowe School Eton College |
George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry (25 January 1934 – 14 June 2002) was a British hereditary peer and politician of the Conservative Party.
Life and career
Coventry was the fourth child and only son of
Battle of Wytschaete on 27 May 1940.[1]
He attended
stock broker, fashion designer, merchant and director of an oil company. 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.[3]
Family
Coventry was married four times:[4]
- He married Marie Medhart on 22 March 1955, the daughter of William Medhart. The couple divorced in 1963.
- He married Ann Cripps on 5 December 1969 and divorced in 1975.
- He married Valerie Ann Birch on 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 Francis Coventry, 12th Earl of Coventry (1912–2004), because his son of the first marriage Edward Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst had previously died in 1997.
References
- ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Lord Astor of Hever (1956)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 21 March 1956.
- ^ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections Archived 26 February 2000 at the Wayback Machine Website Election Demon, downloaded on 27 February 2014
- ^ "The Earl of Coventry". The Telegraph. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2018.