George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry

George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry, PC, DL (9 May 1838 – 13 March 1930), styled Viscount Deerhurst from November 1838 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.

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Coventry
PC DL
Lord Coventry c.1920–1925
Master of the Buckhounds
In office
16 July 1895  1 November 1900
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded byThe Lord Ribblesdale
Succeeded byThe Lord Chesham
In office
16 August 1886  25 August 1892
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded byThe Lord Suffield
Succeeded byThe Lord Ribblesdale
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office
6 July 1885  28 January 1886
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded byThe Lord Carrington
Succeeded byThe Lord Sudeley
In office
28 May 1877  21 April 1880
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Beaconsfield
Preceded byThe Earl of Shrewsbury
Succeeded byThe Earl Fife
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
9 May 1859  13 March 1930
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by8th Earl of Coventry
Succeeded by10th Earl of Coventry
Personal details
Born(1838-05-09)9 May 1838
Wilton Crescent, London
Died13 March 1930(1930-03-13) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Blanche Craven
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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