His elder sister, Lady Maria Emma Catherine Coventry, was the wife of Hon.

His racing colours were brown with blue cap and were carried to victory in consecutive Grand Nationals by the half-sisters Emblem, 1863, and Emblematic, 1864.

He established a jam factory in order to provide them with a local outlet for their fruit although this proved unable to compete with larger-scale commercial competitors and went into liquidation in 1908.

Together they had six sons and three daughters:[2] Lord Coventry was present, as an advisor to the Prince of Wales, with his wife at the Royal Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft in 1890.

He played a major part in obtaining the signature of Sir William Gordon-Cumming to an incriminating document intended to protect the Prince, but which failed to cover up the scandal.