George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry 1784-1843

Paternal Family Tree: Coventry

Before 1764 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 5] and Catherine Henley were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington [aged 55] and Jane Huband. He the son of [his grandfather] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry [aged 41] and [his grandmother] Maria Gunning Countess Coventry.

On 10th January 1783 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 24] and [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 23] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of [his grandfather] George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Maria Gunning Countess Coventry.

On 16th October 1784 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry was born to George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 26] and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 24].

On 16th January 1808 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 23] and Emma Susanna Lygon were married. She the daughter of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp [aged 60] and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. He the son of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 49] and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 48].

Around December 1808 [his son] George William Coventry was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 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 [aged 87] died. His son [his father] George [aged 51] succeeded 7th Earl Coventry. [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 49] by marriage Countess Coventry.

In 1810 [his wife] Emma Susanna Lygon died.

On 6th November 1811 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 27] and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans [aged 46] and Jane Moses. He the son of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 53] and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 51].

In 1812 [his daughter] Mary Augusta Coventry Baroness Fox was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 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.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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Before 8th February 1812 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 27] and Sophia Dubochet [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 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 [aged 39] died. The same day her son [his brother-in-law] Aubrey Beauclerk 7th Duke St Albans died. His uncle William [aged 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 [aged 31] at Portman Square Marylebone.

On 26th March 1831 [his father] George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 72] died at Coventry House, Piccadilly [Map]. His son George [aged 46] succeeded 8th Earl Coventry. [his wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 39] by marriage Countess Coventry.

On 9th May 1833 [his son-in-law] Henry Fox 4th Baron Holland [aged 31] and Mary Augusta Coventry Baroness Fox [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 48] and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 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 George William Coventry [aged 27] and Harriet Anne Cockerell [aged 23] were married. He the son of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 51] and Emma Susanna Lygon.

On 2nd August 1837 Henry Amelius Beauclerk Coventry [aged 21] and Caroline Stirling Dundas [aged 22] were married. He the son of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 52] and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 46].

On 5th November 1838 [his son] George William Coventry [aged 29] died.

On 15th January 1840 [his mother] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 80] died.

Deeds of King Henry V

Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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On 15th May 1843 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 58] died. His grandson George [aged 5] succeeded 9th Earl Coventry.

On 11th September 1845 [his former wife] Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry [aged 54] died.

Ancestors of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry 1784-1843

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