William Courtenay, tenth earl of Devon

(1777-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Devon, William Courtenay, Earl of, 1777-1859 LBT ID: LdDevon10 VIAF ID: 21700081 LOC ID: no89014738	B/BAP: 1777-06-19 DIED: 1859-03-19
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The son of Henry Reginald Courtenay, bishop of Exeter; educated at Westminster, Christ Church, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, he was a Tory MP for Exeter (1812-26), master in chancery, and his steward of Oxford University (1838-59).
REFERENCES TO William Courtenay, tenth earl of Devon: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 7 December 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXVII. 1836-1837