Paternal Family Tree: Coventry
Before 1764 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 5) and Catherine Henley were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington (age 55) and Jane Huband. He the son of [his grandfather] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry (age 41) and [his grandmother] Maria Gunning Countess Coventry.
On 10th January 1783 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 24) and [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of [his grandfather] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry (age 60) and [his grandmother] Maria Gunning Countess Coventry.
On 16th October 1784 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry was born to [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 26) and [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 24).
On 16th January 1808 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 23) and Emma Susanna Lygon were married. She the daughter of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp (age 60) and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. He the son of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 49) and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 48).
Around December 1808 [his son] George William Coventry was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 24) and [his wife] Emma Susanna Lygon. He married 15th March 1836 Harriet Anne Cockerell, daughter of Charles Cockerell 1st Baronet and Harriet Rushout.
On 3rd September 1809 [his grandfather] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry (age 87) died. His son [his father] George (age 51) succeeded 7th Earl Coventry. [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 49) by marriage Countess Coventry.
In 1810 [his wife] Emma Susanna Lygon died.
On 6th November 1811 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 27) and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans (age 46) and Jane Moses. He the son of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 53) and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 51).
In 1812 [his daughter] Mary Augusta Coventry Baroness Fox was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 27) and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 20). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 9th May 1833 her fifth cousin Henry Fox 4th Baron Holland, son of Henry Vassal-Fox 3rd Baron Holland.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Before 8th February 1812 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 27) and Sophia Dubochet (age 17) eloped together. Discovered after only one night both claimed nothing untoward had happened.
On 12th August 1815 [his father-in-law] Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans (age 49) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Aubrey succeeded 7th Duke St Albans, 7th Earl Burford, 7th Baron Heddington, 4th Baron Vere of Hanworth in Middlesex. He was four months old.
On 15th October 1815 [his son] Henry Amelius Beauclerk Coventry was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 24). He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 2nd August 1837 Caroline Stirling Dundas and had issue.
On 19th February 1816 Louisa Grace Manners Duchess St Albans (age 39) died. The same day her son [his brother-in-law] Aubrey Beauclerk 7th Duke St Albans died. His uncle William (age 49) succeeded 8th Duke St Albans, 8th Earl Burford, 8th Baron Heddington, 5th Baron Vere of Hanworth in Middlesex. Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans by marriage Duchess St Albans. Both at the home of her sister Laura Manners Countess Stair and her husband John Dalrymple 7th Earl of Stair (age 31) at Portman Square Marylebone.
On 26th March 1831 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 72) died at Coventry House, Piccadilly [Map]. His son George (age 46) succeeded 8th Earl Coventry. [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 39) by marriage Countess Coventry.
On 9th May 1833 [his son-in-law] Henry Fox 4th Baron Holland (age 31) and [his daughter] Mary Augusta Coventry Baroness Fox (age 21) were married. She the daughter of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 48) and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 42). They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 15th March 1836 [his son] George William Coventry (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Anne Cockerell (age 23) were married. He the son of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 51) and [his former wife] Emma Susanna Lygon.
On 2nd August 1837 [his son] Henry Amelius Beauclerk Coventry (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Stirling Dundas (age 22) were married. He the son of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 52) and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 46).
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 5th November 1838 [his son] George William Coventry (age 29) died.
On 15th January 1840 [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 80) died.
On 15th May 1843 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 58) died. His grandson [his grandson] George (age 5) succeeded 9th Earl Coventry.
On 11th September 1845 [his former wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 54) died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Coventry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Coventry of St Peter-le-Poor in London
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Holcombe of St Andrew's in Holborn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Holcombe
GrandFather: George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Allen of Westminster
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry
Father: George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Barnaby Gunning
GrandMother: Maria Gunning Countess Coventry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Bourke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Bourke
George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry