Biography of William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry 1676-1751

Paternal Family Tree: Coventry

In or before 1676 [his father] Walter Coventry of St Peter-le-Poor in London and [his mother] Anne Holcombe were married.

Around 1676 William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry was born to [his father] Walter Coventry of St Peter-le-Poor in London and [his mother] Anne Holcombe.

In 1692 [his father] Walter Coventry of St Peter-le-Poor in London died.

On 13th April 1693 William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 17) matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge University.

In 1719 Dewey Bulkeley (age 45) was elected unopposed MP Bridport at a by-election caused by his brother-in-law, William Coventry (age 43), who held the seat, succeeding to his title of Earl Coventry. He was elected again in 1722 but did stand at any subsequent elections.

On 27th October 1719 Gilbert Coventry 4th Earl Coventry (age 51) died. His half second cousin once removed William (age 43) succeeded 5th Earl Coventry. Baron Coventry extinct.

In 1720 William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 44) and Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry.

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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On 27th March 1721 [his son] Thomas Henry Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 45) and [his wife] Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry.

On 26th April 1722 [his son] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 46) and [his wife] Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry. He married (1) 5th March 1752 Maria Gunning Countess Coventry and had issue (2) 27th September 1764 Barbara St John Countess Coventry, daughter of John St John 11th Baron St John and Elizabeth Crowley Baroness St John, and had issue.

On 21st March 1724 [his son] John Bulkeley Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 48) and [his wife] Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry. He was initially educated at Winchester College from 1731 and later matriculated at University College, Oxford, as did each of his brothers, in 1740, aged 16.

On 23rd November 1738 [his wife] Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry died.

On 20th May 1744 [his son] Thomas Henry Coventry (age 23) died.

On 18th March 1751 William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 75) died. His son George (age 28) succeeded 6th Earl Coventry.

Ancestors of William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry 1676-1751

William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry

GrandFather: Humphrey Holcombe of St Andrew's in Holborn

Mother: Anne Holcombe