The Earl of Devon | |
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Member of Parliament for Exeter | |
In office 6 October 1812 – January 1826 | |
Preceded by | Sir Charles Bampfylde |
Succeeded by | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich |
Personal details | |
Born | William Courtenay 19 June 1777 London |
Died | 19 March 1859 Beckett Park, Berkshire | (aged 81)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | Lady Harriet Leslie Pepys
(m. 1804; died 1839)Elizabeth Ruth Scott
(m. 1849) |
Children | William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon Henry Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon Charles Leslie Courtenay |
Parent(s) | Bishop Henry Courtenay Lady Elizabeth Howard |
Residence(s) | Powderham Castle, Devon |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Clerk Assistant to the House of Lords (1826-35) |
William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (19 June 1777 – 19 March 1859) was a 19th-century British aristocrat and politician, who sat in the Commons before entering the House of Lords after succeeding to the title of Earl of Devon in 1835.