Английская Википедия:George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (10 September 1900 - 27 May 1940)[1] was the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, and Virginia Daniel.[2] As his father predeceased his grandfather, the 10th Earl was his grandfather's heir to the earldom. George Coventry inherited both the earldom and the viscountcy on 13 March 1930.[1] He was educated at Ludgrove School Шаблон:Citation needed and Eton College.[3]

Politics

Standing as a Unionist, Coventry unsuccessfully stood in the Carmarthen Constituency in the 1922 General Election.[3] Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box registered electors Шаблон:Election box gain with party link no swing Шаблон:Election box end

Military service

Coventry was a Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, which was part of the original Expeditionary Force sent to France in September 1939.[4] His regiment was subsequently evacuated during the retreat from Dunkirk; Coventry was executed on 27 May 1940 at La Bassée, during the Battle of Dunkirk which preceded it. He is buried in the communal cemetery at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée.[5]

A memorial service was held at Croome Church in Worcester on 21 July 1940.[6]

Family and personal life

He married the Honourable Nesta Donne Philipps in September 1921; they had four children.[1] His youngest child, also named George William Coventry and subsequently 11th Earl of Coventry was born at Croome Court on 25 January 1934.[7] The 10th earl's daughters were Anne Donne, Joan Blanche, and Maria Alice Coventry.[2]

In 1932, he was appointed the Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Worcestershire.[8]

He served as a company director of the London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves Limited.[9]

Coventry enjoyed hunting and was the Master of the Carmarthenshire Hounds, the Hawkstone Hounds as well as the Croome Hounds.[3]

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Hammond, P.W., ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud, 1998), 212.
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Шаблон:Cite news
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