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Died. George William Coventry. 91, Ninth Earl of Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. "Father of the House of Lords" (TIME. Feb. 17); at Croome Court, Worcestershire. A peer since the age of five, he was a sportsman almost as long. He won the Grand National in 1863 and 1864. the Cambridgeshire in 1923; he saw 69 Derbies, 60 meets at Ascot, was twice Master of the Buckhounds, won fame as hunter. cricketer. He was an agriculturist, a stock breeder, a notable collector of paintings. Three of his four sons married Americans.
Died. Blanche, Countess of Coventry. 87, widow (four days) of the Earl of Coventry; at Croome Court, Worcestershire, after having been prostrated by the shock of the Earl's death.