George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry

George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (10 September 1900 - 27 May 1940) was the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst and Virginia Bonynge (born Daniels), step- and adopted daughter of Charles Bonynge. 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.

Politics Standing as a Unionist, Coventry unsuccessfully stood in the Carmarthen Constituency in the 1922 General Election. His regiment was subsequently evacuated during the retreat from Dunkirk; Coventry was killed in action 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.

Family and personal life He married the Honourable Nesta Donne Philipps in September 1921; they had four children. The 10th earl's daughters were Anne Donne, Joan Blanche, and Maria Alice Coventry.

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

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