William Coventry ( c1627 - 1686 )

Baptism: 4 October 1627 Death: Somerhill, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Europe (23 June 1686) Burial: Penshurst, Kent, England, Europe Occupation: Politician Education: Queen's College, Oxford (gentleman commoner 1642; left with no degree) Career: Commander of a company of foot; joined Royalists in French exile (c1650s); secretary to the Duke of York (1660-1667); MP for Great Yarmouth (1661; 1679); commissioner for trade and plantations (1660-1669); agent of the 'Royal Adventurers into Africa' (1660-1663); navy commissioner (1662-1667); appointed to the Tangier Commission, which administered the short lived British ruled colony in Tangier (1662-1669); assistant with the Royal Fishing Company (1664); commissioner for assessment in Oxfordshire (1673-1680), in Norfolk (1677-1680), and in Gloucestershire (1679-1680) Honours: DCL at Oxford (1663) Kt 1665 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 16/01/1661 Committee appointments include: Committee to consider the proper questions to be asked in the remotest parts of the world (1661) Other RSActivity: Proposed on 2 January 1661.