HERA 
■was appointed ambaffador extraordinary to the court of 
France ; and in 1750, he was made groom of the dole to 
George II. He married Anne daughter of Charles firft 
duke of Richmond, and had ilfue 1. George, third earl 
of Albemarle. 2. Auguftus. 3. William, who embra¬ 
ced the military prbfeflion, and ferved in the expedition 
againft theHavannah, in 1762. He died March i, 1782. 
4. Frederic, who was elefted, in October 1762, lord 
biftiop of Exeter. He married Laura, daughter of fir 
Edward Walpole, knight of the bath, fon of Robert, 
firft earl of Orford ; -by which lady he had ilfue, Anna- ■ 
Maria, born June 17, 17595 Frederic, born November 
14, 7762 ; Laura, born March 14, 1765, and married to 
George Ferdinand fon of Charles lord Southampton ; 
and Charlotte Augufta, born June 6, 1771. 5. Eliza¬ 
beth, born November 15, 1739 ; married Francis Ruifell 
marquis of Taviftock, fon of John fourth duke of Bed¬ 
ford ; and had ilfue the prefent duke of Bedford, and 
his brother; and died November 2, 1768. t>. Henry, 
born Auguft xi, 1741. The earl of Albemarle died 
December 22, 1754. 
George, third earl of Albemarle, ferved under William 
duke of Cumberland, and was Commander in chief of 
the land-forces that reduced the town of the Havannah, 
Auguft 13, 1762. He married Anne, daughter of fir 
.John Miller, of Froyle Park in the cou'nty of Hants, 
baronet ; by which lady he had ilfue William-Charles, 
prefent and fourth ear! of Albemarle. 
Auguftus, fecond fon of William-Anne fecond earl of 
Albemarle, was an officer of confiderable diftinftion in 
the royal navy. He commanded at the capture of the 
ill ail'd of Goree, December 29, 1758 ; and at that of the 
ifiand of Beileifle, June 7,-2761. He alfo ferved under 
admiral Hawke in the memorable fea-fight, November 
20, 1759; and under admiral Pococke at the capture of 
the Havannah. Upon the : commencement of the war 
between Great Britain and France in 1778, he was 
appointed with confiderable applaufe to the command 
of the fleet cruifing in the Ehglilh channel, and an en¬ 
gagement enfued with the licet of France July 27 in the 
fame year. Sir Hugh Pallifer, tile fecond in command 
in that action, exhibited a charge of njifconduft and 
jpeg left of duty againft his principal; and, a court 
martial being appointed to try the charge, they l'at from 
January 7, 1779, to February 11 following, when they 
came to a decilion, that “ the charge was malicious and 
ill founded, and that admiral Keppel had behaved as 
became a judicious, brave, and experienced, officer.” 
Previoufty to the trial a reprefentation to the king had 
been ligned by lord Hawke, admiral of the fleet of Eng¬ 
land, and twelve other admirals, ftating the impropriety 
of directing a court martial to be alfembled upon a 
charge of the nature of that exhibited by fir Hugh Pal¬ 
lifer; and the acquittal of admiral Keppel was followed 
by the thanks of both houfes of parliament, and by"great 
demonftrations of joy in London and many parts of the 
kingdom. In the beginning of the year 1782, admiral 
Keppel was conftituted firft lord cpmmiffioner of the 
admiralty ; and April 24 following, was created vifcount 
Keppel of Elvedon in the county of Suffolk. Upon his 
death, October 3, 1786, the title of vifcount Keppel 
became extin6i. 
Creations. —Baron Afhfordof Afhford in thecoun- 
ty of Kent, Vifcount Bury in the county of Lancafter, 
and Earl of Albemarle, February xof 1695. 
Residences. —Quiddenharn, in the county of Norfolk.; 
and Elvedon'.Hall, in the county of Suffolk.—Town, 
hotife, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armori u Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Ne cede malis. —“ Yield not to misfortunes.” 
COVENTRY, EARL OF COVENTRY. 
GEORGE - WILLIAM COVENTRY, Earl or 
COVENTRY, and Vifcount Deerhurft, Lord Lieutenant 
and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Worcefter, and 
Vol. IX. No 603. 
L D R Y. 507 
Recorder of the city of Worcefter; born April *6, 
1722; and fucceeded to the title upon the death of his 
father, March 18, 1751. His lordfhip married firft, 
Match 5, 1752, Maria, daughter of John Gunning, efq. 
and lifter to the late diichefs of Hamilton; hy which 
lady, who died October 1, 1760, he had ifftie, 1. Mary. 
Alicia, married to Andrew, fon of fir Edward Bayntun 
of Spye Park in the county of Wilts, baronet, from 
whom flie was divorced in 1783. 2. Aniie"-*Margaret, 
married to Edward fon of Thomas firft lord foley. 
3. George-William, lord vifcount Deerhurft, heirappa- 
rent. The earl of Coventry married, (econdly, Sep- 
tember 27, 1764, Barbara, daughter of John,'tenth loYd 
Saint Joint of Bletftioe ; by which lady he has ifnie, 
I. John, born July 20, 1765. 2. A fon, born Decent- 
ber-24, 1778. 3. A fon, born Nov'ember 16, 1784. 
George-William, lord vifcount Deerhurft, and heir 
apparent, was born May 6, 1758 ; and rriarri;ed f firft, 
Catharine, daughter of Robert Henley earl of North- 
ington, lord high chancellor of England ; who died 
January 9, 1799 > and fecondjy, to the daughter of 
fir Abraham Pitches, of Sfreathanri in the county of 
Surrey, knight;' by which lady he has ifiue, 1. A fon, 
born December 16, 1784. 2. A daughter, born Sep¬ 
tember 12, 1785. 3. A daughter, born September 14, 
1786. His lordftiip unfortunately loft his fight in confer 
queried of a fall from his horfe, in 1779. 
The family of Coventry is defeended from John Co¬ 
ventry, lord-mayor of London in 1425. Thomas Co. 
ventry, in the reign Of James I. embraced the profeffion 
of the law', and was appointed in 1605, one of the juftices 
of the court of Common pleas. He died December 12 in 
thefollowingyear, leavingjlfue, 1. Thomas. 2. Walter. 
Thomas, fife eldeft fon, was appointed, March-14, 
1616, to the office of folicitor general, and January n v 
1620, was raifed to the degree of attorney general. He 
was conftituted November 1, 1625, lord keeper.of the 
great feal; and was foon after raifed to the dignity of a 
baron by the title of lord Coventry of Aylefborough in 
the county of Worcefter. He died January 14, 1640, 
leavingifliie, 1. Thomas fecond lord Coventry. 2. John, 
father of fir John Coventry"of Pitminfter in the county 
of Somerfet, knight of the bath, famous for giving 
occafton, in confequence of an attack made upon his 
perfon, to the aft of parliamentfor preventing malicious 
maiming and wounding, commonly called “ the Coven¬ 
try adt.” 3. Henry, who was twice ambaflador to the 
court of Stockholm, and was one of the ambaftadors 
who concluded the peace of Breda, in 1667. He was 
appointed, July 3, 1672, one of his majefty’s principal 
fecretaries of ftate; which office he reftgned February 
II, 1680, 'and died December 7, 1686. 4. William, 
reckoned by bi/hop Burnet the “ belt fpeaker of his time 
in the houfe of commons, and capable of bearing the 
chief miniftry, as it was once thought he was very near 
it, and as he deferved it more than all the reft; did.” 
He died June 23, 1686. 
Thomas, fifth lord Coventry, fon of Thomas fecond, 
lord Coventry, was by William III. created vifcount 
Deerhurft, and earl of Coventry, with remainder to the 
grandchildren of Walter, brother of Thomas firft lord 
Coventry. Accordingly upon the death of Gilbert, 
fourth earl of Coventry, his Ion, Oftober 27, 1719, the. 
barony became extinft, and the titles of vilcount Deer- 
hurft and earl of Coventry defeended to William,. the 
eldeft grandfon of Walter. 
William, fifth earl of Coventry, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Allen of the city of Weftminftei., efq. 
by which lady, who died November 23, 1738, he had 
ilfue, 1. George-William, prefent and fixth earl of 
Coventry. 2. John Bulkeley, born March 21, 1724, 
who afi’umed the furname^of Bulkeley in purfuance of 
an aft of parliament, and died in March 1801. 
Creations. —-Vifcount Deerhurft, and Earl of Co- 
ventry, April 26, 3697. 
Residences, 
