The 11th Earl of Coventry stayed at The Court House in 1930-31 while his home at Croome Court was being renovated.
The first part of its name is derived from the Earl of Coventry who had Earl's Croome Court as a residence opposite the village church.
Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford.
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He was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, George.
Coventry was the eldest son of George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Peggy (née Pitches), and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
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His son from his first marriage, George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, had predeceased him and he was succeeded in his titles by his grandson George.
After university, Meyrick became resident land agent on the Earl of Coventry's Croome Estate in Worcestershire.
His elder brother George succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bridport and inherited the earldom in 1751.
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Deerhurst was the eldest son of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry, and his wife Elizabeth (née Allen), and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford.
His eldest son Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, predeceased him and he was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son George.
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He was born in London, the son of the Earl of Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College in Camberley.