476 COVENTRY 13 Aug. 1877; Capt. of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, 1877-80, and again June 1885 to 1886; Master of the Buckhounds (Conservative), 1886-92, and 1 895-1 900; Lord Lieut, and Custos Rot. of co. Worcester since i89i;Pres. of the Royal Agric. Soc. 1899. He m., 25 Jan. 1865, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Blanche, 3rd da. of William (Craven), 2nd Earl OF Craven, by Emily Mary, da. of James Walter (Grimston), ist Earl OF Verulam. She was b. 24 Dec. 1 842, at Coome Abbey. [George William Coventry, ^/y/^^ Viscount Deerhurst, s. and h. ap., ^. 15 Nov. 1865, in Charles Str., Berkeley Sq.; ed. at Eton; sometime A.D.C. to the Governor of Victoria; Stockbroker in London 1888. He m., 10 Mar. 1894, at All Saints', Ennismore Gardens, Virginia Lee, da. and h. of William Daniel, of Farmington, U.S.A., by Rodie, da. of James M. Stephens, of Bunciton, in Missouri, Planter. She, who was the adopted da. of her mother's 2nd husband, Charles William Bonynge, was b. 7 Oct. 1866, at Gross Valley, California.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 13,021 acres in co. Worcester and 1,398 in co. Gloucester; total, 14,419 acres, worth ^^24,878 a year. Principal Residence. — Croome Court, near Severn Stoke, co. Worcester. COVENTRY OF AYLESBOROUGH BARONY. I. Thomas Coventry, s. and h. of Sir Thomas C, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, by Margaret, L 1628. da. and h. of ( — ) Jefferies, of Croome Dabitot, co. Worcester; was b. 1578, at Croome afsd. ; matric. at Oxford (Balliol Coll.), 15 Dec. 1592, being then 14; entered the InnerTemple, 1594; Barrister, Nov. 1603, joining the Oxford circuit; Bencher, 1614; Autumn Reader, 1 6 1 6 ; Treasurer, 1 6 1 7-2 5 ; Recorder of London, Nov. 1 6 1 6 to Mar. 1 6 1 7 ; Solicitor Gen., 1 6 1 7-2 1 ; knighted at Theobalds, 1 6 Mar. 1 6 1 6/7 ; M.P. for Droitwich, 1620-21 ; Attorney Gen., 1620/ 1-2 5. P. C. 30 Oct. 1625, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, i Nov. 1625 till his death 15 years afterwards. (") High Steward of Cambridge, 1626 till his death. On 10 Apr. 1 62 8, he was fr." BARON COVENTRY OF AYLESBOROUGH, CO. Worcester. "C') He presided as Lord High Steward, 25 Apr. 1 63 1, at the trial of Lord Audley. High Steward of Kingston-on-Hull and Recorder of Boston, both in 1633; Recorder of Coventry 1634 till his death; High Steward of St. Albans, i^c. He m., istly, before 1606, Sarah, sister of Sir Edward Sebright, Bart, (so cr. 1626), da. of John S., of Besford, co. Worcester, (^) For the holders of this office see vol. ii, Appendix D. C') See Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. On the Patent Roll, 4 Car. I, p. 39, no. 37, the place is given as " Allesborough." V.G.
