Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry (died August 1710) was an English peer and member of the

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, styled Hon. Thomas Coventry from 1685 to 1697 and Viscount Deerhurst until 1699. From 1690 to 1696, he was a deputy lieutenant of

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. He inherited the

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from

Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry (''ca.'' 162915 July 1699), became 5th Baron Coventry on the death of his nephew in 1687. He was created 1st Earl of Coventry in 1697. He was an England, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of ...

in 1699, and was shortly thereafter appointed

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, an office he held until his death in 1710. He was also

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. Coventry married Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of

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, by whom he had one son,

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