{{Short description|Scottish minister and amateur scientist (1791–1872)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|29 Moray Place '''George Coventry''' FRSE (1791–1872) was a Scottish minister of the Episcopal Church of Scotland and amateur scientist.
==Life== He was born on 5 April 1791 the eldest son of Prof Andrew Coventry and his wife. They lived at 29 Moray Place, a huge Georgian townhouse on the Moray Estate.<ref>Williamsons Post Office Directory 1791</ref> His mother Eliza Hastie died when he was six. His father remarried two years later to Martha Cunningham.thumb|The grave of Rev George Coventry FRSE , Dean Cemetery
In 1826 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was Dr George Bell, son of Benjamin Bell.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|date=July 2006|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202092116/https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1830 he was living at 11 Windsor Street in Edinburgh.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1830</ref> In that year his father died and he inherited the estate of Shanwell in Kinross-shire and other properties. He bought 49 Moray Place, a huge house close to his birthplace.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1833</ref>
He lived his later life at 33 Melville Street, a very large townhouse in Edinburgh's affluent West End.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870</ref>
He died on 1 March 1872 and is buried in Dean Cemetery midway along the western wall in the section known as "lords Row".{{cn|date=July 2023}}
==Family==
He was married to Jane Head (1798-1870).<ref>Grave of George Coventry, Dean Cemetery</ref>
Their daughter Elizabeth married Major Alexander Pringle Scott-Moncrieff son of Robert Scott Moncrieff of Tullibole. They were parents to George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff.
==Artistic recognition==
He was portrayed by John Moffat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/26980/rev-george-coventry-1791-1872-fellow-royal-society-edinburgh|title=Rev. George Coventry, 1791 - 1872. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|website=National Galleries of Scotland}}</ref>
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