The daughter of George William Coventry, seventh Earl of Coventry; in 1821 she married Sir Roger Gresley, bt; in 1839 she married Sir Henry William Des Voeux, bt.

REFERENCES TO Lady Sophia Catherine Gresley [née Coventry]:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 October 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)