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The Hon. ''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of cert ...
John Bulkeley Coventry (21 March 1724 – 16 March 1801), called The Hon. John Bulkeley Coventry-Bulkeley after 1764, was a British politician, MP for
Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
1751–1761. Coventry was the third son of
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (c.1676 – 18 March 1751), of London and later Croome Court, Worcestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1719. Early life Coventry was the son of Walter Cov ...
. Coventry was educated as a gentleman commoner at
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from 1731, and matriculated at
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in 1740, aged 16. Coventry's oldest brother Thomas Henry predeceased their father, the 5th Earl. When the 5th Earl died in 1751, the second brother
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therefore succeeded him as 6th Earl, vacating his seat as MP for Worcestershire. John was elected unopposed to succeed him in a by-election. On succeeding to the estates of his cousin James Coventry Bulkeley, he adopted the additional name Bulkeley in 1764. He died on 16 March 1801. His will was probated on 27 March 1801.


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