1800—The sixth Earl of Coventry.
1808—The seventh Earl of Coventry, in the room of his father.
1831—The eighth Earl of Coventry, in the room of his father.
1836—Under the Municipal Reform Act the Recorder was made virtually, as
he had been before nominally, the chief administrator of justice in all
corporate cities and boroughs having a Quarter Sessions; and the
appointment was vested in Government. John Buckle, Esq.,
barrister-at-law, was appointed Recorder of Worcester—the Government not
acceding to the wishes of the Town Council, who had recommended Mr.
Stinton.