Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry

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A distinguished lawyer and an active member of parliament, Coventry was instrumental in enforcing Charles I's royal proclamations. Appointed Attorney-General in 1621 and Lord Keeper in 1625, he remained personally popular with both the King and parliamentary leaders, acting as a mediator between the two in 1629. He was a strong statesman and an influential speaker, and it was said that he '...had a clear conception of the whole policy of the government both of Church and state.'
Cornelius Johnson painted Coventry on at least five different occasions during the 1620s and 1630s. This portrait, in a fine contemporary frame, shows him with the bag of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and the mace of the Speaker.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry

Date

1639

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 126.8 x W 100.4 cm

Accession number

4815

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1970

Work type

Painting

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