6th Earl of Coventry

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British peer Earl aristocrat patron of the arts

The 6th Earl of Coventry was an 18th-century British aristocrat and patron who significantly shaped Croome Court and its surrounding landscape, working with leading designers of his time.

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6th Earl of Coventry canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
aristocrat ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
architecturalStylePromoted Neoclassicism ⓘ
associatedWith Croome Park ⓘ
surface form: Croome Court

Croome Park ⓘ
Worcestershire, England ⓘ
surface form: Worcestershire
birthDate 1722-04-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Croome Park ⓘ
surface form: Croome Court
burialPlace Croome Church ⓘ
citizenship British ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1809-09-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Croome Park ⓘ
surface form: Croome Court
era 18th century ⓘ
Georgian era ⓘ
familyName Coventry ⓘ
father Earl of Coventry ⓘ
surface form: 5th Earl of Coventry
givenName George William Coventry ⓘ
knownFor 18th-century landscape design patronage ⓘ
commissioning one of Capability Brown’s earliest major landscape projects ⓘ
transforming Croome Court into a neoclassical mansion ⓘ
landscapeStylePromoted English landscape garden ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Allen ⓘ
nobleFamily Coventry family ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Coventry ⓘ
notableWork creation of Croome Park landscape ⓘ
remodelling of Croome Court ⓘ
ordinalNumber 6 ⓘ
parliamentaryRole British peer in the House of Lords ⓘ
patronOf Antonio Zucchi ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Cipriani ⓘ
James Wyatt ⓘ
Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Robert Adam ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire ⓘ
regionOfActivity England ⓘ
Worcestershire, England ⓘ
surface form: Worcestershire
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Croome Park ⓘ
surface form: Croome Court

Worcestershire, England ⓘ
surface form: Worcestershire
spouse Barbara St John ⓘ
Maria Gunning ⓘ
succeededTitleFrom Earl of Coventry ⓘ
surface form: 5th Earl of Coventry
titleCreatedForFamily 1697 ⓘ

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Croome Court landscape → createdFor → 6th Earl of Coventry ⓘ