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 COVENTRY 475 in childbed, at Ledbury. Admon. lo May 1779. He ;;z., 2ndly, 10 Jan. 1783, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Peggy, 2nd da. and coh. of Sir Abraham Pitches, of Streatham, Surrey, Brandy-merchant, by Jane, da. of Robert Prowse Hassel, of Wraysbury, Bucks. He d. 26 Mar. 1831, at Coventry House, Piccadilly, Midx., aged 72.(^) Will pr. May 1831. His widow ^. 15 Jan. 1840, at Streatham, aged 80. Will pr. Mar. 1840. X. 1831. 8. George William (Coventry), Earl OF Coventry, tr'c., s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 16 Oct. 1784; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 4 Feb. 1802; M.P. (Tory) for Worcester, Dec. 1816 to i826;('') Lord Lieut, and Custos Rot. of co. Worcester, 1838. He w., istly, 1 6 Jan. 1 808, at Madresfield Court, Emma Susanna, da. of William (Lygon), 1st Earl Beauchamp, by Catherine, da. of James Denn. She d. there 8 Aug. 1 8 10. He w., 2ndly, in Scotland, 22 June, and in England 6 Nov. 181 1, Mary (with ;^ioo,ooo), da. of Aubrey (Beauclerk.), 6th Duke of St. Albans, by his ist wife, Mary, da. of John Moses, of Hull. He d. 15 May 1843, aged 58, at Coventry House, Piccadilly, afsd.(°) Will dat. 1835, pr. Aug. 1843 and Apr. 1844. His widow, who was b. 30 Mar. 1791, d. II Sep. 1845, at Naples. Will pr. Feb. 1846. [George William Coventry, styled Viscount Deerhurst, s. and h. by 1st wife; b. ^c^ Oct. 1808; Lieut. 2nd Life Guards. He »?., 15 Mar. 1836, at Loughborough, Harriet Anne, da. of Sir Charles Cockerell, ist Bart., by his 2nd wife, Harriet, ist da. of John (Rushout), ist Lord North- wick. He d. v.p., of consumption, at Bourton House, co. Gloucester, 5, and was bur. 14 Nov. 1838, at Croome, aged 30. Admon. 10 Jan. 1839. His widow d. 7 Jan. 1842, at Pau, aged 33. Will dat. 22 Apr. 1839, pr. 4 Mar. 1842.] XL 1843. 9- George William (Coventry), Earl OF Coventry and Viscount Deerhurst, grandson and h., being s. and h. of George William Coventry, .f/y/^^ Viscount Deerhurst, and Harriet Anne, his wife abovenamed. He was b. 9 May 1838, in Wilton Crescent, Midx.; ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 13 Mar. 1856. P.C. (*) In Horace Walpole's Journal, Mar. 1778, he is stated to have been dis- inherited by his father " for extravagance and worthlessness." Writing at the time of his father's death, Gmt. Mag. says " he has for many years been totally deprived of sight in consequence of being thrown from his horse while hunting." V.G. C') As a peer he voted for the Reform Bill in 1832, having opposed the earlier Bill in 1831, being one of the small party of "Waverers" led by Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe. After the Reform Act he voted consistently with the Conserva- tives. V.G. ("=) The notorious Harriette Wilson, herself no mean judge of profligacy, describes him in her Memoirs as "a most profligate nobleman." According to the same authority "he was unusually sparing of soap and water ... He dresses completely before he touches water." V.G.