George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry, styled Viscount Deerhurst until 1809, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Memorials to Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the 9th Earl of Coventry, and the 7th Earl of Coventry (1758–1831) in the church at Croome Court
Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry was an Irish beauty and London society hostess during the reign of King George II. She died at a young age due to lead poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen.
George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry
…peer and Member of Parliament. Coventry was born on 25 April 1758. He was the eldest son of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry and, his first wife, Maria Gunning. After his mother's death in 1760 from mercury poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen, his father married Hon. Barbara St John (a daughter of the…
The Countess of Coventry by Francis Cotes
The Countess of Coventry
Portrait of a pensive woman on a sofa, a 1749 painting of Mary Gunning in Turkish costume by Jean-Étienne Liotard