George Coventry FRSE (1791–1872) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland and amateur scientist.

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.^[1] His mother Eliza Hastie died when he was six. His father remarried two years later to Martha Cunningham.

In 1826 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was Dr George Bell, son of Benjamin Bell.^[2]

In 1830 he was living at 11 Windsor Street in Edinburgh.^[3] 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.^[4]

He lived his later life at 33 Melville Street, a very large townhouse in Edinburgh's affluent West End.^[5]

He died on 1 March 1872 and is buried in Dean Cemetery midway along the western wall in the section known as "lords Row".^{[citation needed]}

He was married to Jane Head (1798-1870).^[6]

Their daughter Elizabeth married Major Alexander Pringle Scott-Moncrieff son of Robert Scott Moncrieff of Tullibole. They were parents to George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff.

He was portrayed by John Moffat.^[7]