George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Coventry PC, DL |
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Lord Coventry by Carlo Pellegrini, 1881.
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| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
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In office 28 May 1877 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Shrewsbury |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Fife |
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In office 6 July 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Carrington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Sudeley |
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9 May 1838 Wilton Crescent, London |
| Died | 13 March 1930 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Blanche Craven (d. 1930) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry PC, DL (9 May 1838 – 13 March 1930), styled Viscount Deerhurst until 1843, was a British Conservative politician. He was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1877 and 1880 and again between 1885 and 1886 as well as Master of the Buckhounds between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1901.
Coventry was born at Wilton Crescent, London, the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry. His mother was Harriett Anne, daughter of Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Coventry sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords and served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under the Earl of Beaconsfield from 1877 to 1880 and under Lord Salisbury from 1885 to 1886 and under Salisbury as Master of the Buckhounds from 1886 to 1892 and again from 1895 to 1900. In 1877 he was admitted to the Privy Council. From 1921 until his death in 1930 he was Father of the House of Lords.
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