Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst (27 March 1721 – 20 May 1744) was a British

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 Tory

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 Member of Parliament

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Deerhurst was the eldest son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry

William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry

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, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester

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 and University College, Oxford

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. In 1742 he was elected to the House of Commons

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 as one of two representatives for Bridport

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, a seat he held until his early death in May 1744, aged 23. He never married. His elder brother George

George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry

George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry , known as Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician....

succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bridport and inherited the earldom in 1751.