Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry
Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry (ca. 1629 – 15 July 1699), became 5th Baron Coventry on the death of his nephew in 1687. He was created 1st Earl of Coventry in 1697. He was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1687 when he succeeded to the peerage..
Coventry was the younger son of Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry, and his wife Mary (née Craven). Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, was his grandfather. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Droitwich in the Convention Parliament. He was elected MP for Camelford in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. In 1681 he was elected MP for Warwick and was re-elected in 1685. He succeeded his nephew as fifth Baron Coventry in 1687 and entered the House of Lords. In 1697 he was made Viscount Deerhurst, of the hundred of Deerhurst in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Coventry.[1]
Lord Coventry married firstly Winifred, daughter of Pierce Edgcumbe, in circa 1660. She died in 1694. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Grimes, in 1695. He died in July 1699 and was buried at St. Mary Magdalen Church,Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire.[2] He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son from his first marriage, Thomas. Lady Coventry later remarried and died in 1724.[1]
References
- History of Parliament Online - Coventry, Hon. Thomas
- Savage-Armstrong, George Francis (1888). The Ancient and Noble Family of the Savages of the Ards. London: Ward. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Interregnum |
Member of Parliament for Droitwich 1660–1661 With: Samuel Sandys |
Succeeded by Henry Coventry Samuel Sandys |
| Preceded by Thomas Vivian William Cotton |
Member of Parliament for Camelford 1661–1679 With: Charles Roscarrock 1661–65 Sir William Godolphin 1665–79 |
Succeeded by Sir James Smyth William Harbord |
| Preceded by Thomas Lucy Richard Booth |
Member of Parliament for Warwick 1681–1687 With: Thomas Lucy 1681–85 Simon Digby 1685–1686 |
Succeeded by William Colemore William Digby |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Viscount Carrington |
Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire 1689–1699 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Coventry |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Earl of Coventry 1697–1699 |
Succeeded by Thomas Coventry |
| Preceded by John Coventry |
Baron Coventry 1687–1699 | |