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Thomas Coventry

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Birthplace: Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Death: October 27, 1661 (50-59)
Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough and Sarah Coventry
Husband of Mary Coventry (Craven)
Father of Mary Gibbs; George Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry of Aylesborough; Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry and Mary Gibbes
Brother of Elizabeth Coventry
Half brother of John Coventry, MP; Francis Coventry; Anne Coventry; Hon. Henry Coventry, MP; Mary Ann Coventry and 3 others

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About Thomas Coventry

Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry, he was the first son of Sir Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, and his first wife, Sarah. He succeeded as Baron Coventry in 1640. he married Mary Craven, daughter of Sir William Craven, in April 1627. Together they had two sons: George, later the 3rd Baron Coventry, and Thomas, later the 5th Baron Coventry, and two daughters, both of whom died young. He served as MP for Worcestershire and in 1633 became Councillor for Wales. He was buried at Croome D'Abitot.



He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Droitwich from 1625 to 1626.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Worcester from 1628 to 1629.

He held the office of Councillor of Wales in 1633.

He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, co. Worcester [E., 1628] on 14 January 1639/40.

He was Joint Commissioner of Array of Worcestershire in 1642.

In 1655 he was a Cavalier and was imprisoned.

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Thomas Coventry's Timeline

1606
1606
Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1616
January 3, 1616
Brook House, Reculver Parish on Isle of Thanet, Kent, Kent, United Kingdom
1616
1628
1628
1629
1629
Warwickshire, UK
1661
October 27, 1661
Age 55
Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Croome D'abitot, Worcestershire, United Kingdom