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George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry

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The Earl was also interested in the development of agriculture and maintained a paternalistic attitude toward his tenants. He established a jam factory in order to provide them with a local outlet for their fruit although this proved unable to compete with larger-scale commercial competitors and went
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of Tewkesbury in January 1902. During the First World War the Earl of Coventry, as Lord Lieutenant, was the figurehead of the county war effort. He chaired a number of committees and charities, and was President of the Worcestershire Volunteer Regiment of the
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Hon. Sir Reginald William Coventry (1869–1940), who married Gwenllian Pascoe Morgan, daughter of Edward Vaughan Morgan, in 1911. After her death in 1925, he married Frances Constance Jones, daughter of Charles Gwillim Jones, in
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George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst (1865–1927), who married the American-born Virginia Lee Bonynge (nee Daniel), daughter of William Daniel who was adopted by Charles William Bonynge.
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Lady Barbara Elizabeth Coventry (1870–1946), who married Gerald Dudley Smith, son of Dudley Robert Smith, in 1894.
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Lord Coventry died on 13 March 1930, aged 91, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson
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from 1886 to 1892 and again from 1895 to 1900. In 1877 he was admitted to the
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On 25 January 1865, Lord Coventry married Lady Blanche Craven, daughter of
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3rd and 4th (Worcestershire Militia) Battalions, Worcestershire Regiment
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Lady Anne Blanche Alice Coventry (1874–1956), who married Prince
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between 1877 and 1880 and again between 1885 and 1886 as well as
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Hon. William Francis Coventry (1875–1937), who died unmarried.
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Atkin, Susanne (2016). "C.J. Coventry: Katia and Beyond".
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and the former Lady Emily Mary Grimston (a daughter of
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between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1901.
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and the former Hon. Emma Susanna Lygon (a daughter of
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Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
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contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Coventry
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Lady Anne Coventry
The Right Honourable
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Master of the Buckhounds
Victoria
The Marquess of Salisbury
The Lord Ribblesdale
The Lord Chesham
Victoria
The Marquess of Salisbury
The Lord Suffield
The Lord Ribblesdale
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
Victoria
The Marquess of Salisbury
The Lord Carrington
The Lord Sudeley
Victoria
The Earl of Beaconsfield
The Earl of Shrewsbury
The Earl Fife
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary Peerage
8th Earl of Coventry
10th Earl of Coventry
Wilton Crescent
London

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