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). | |