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COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.

COURTENAY, REGINALD, second son of Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Feb 1813; adm. 12 May 1824; KS 1826; at Tonbridge Sch 1827-30; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; migrated to Magdalen Hall; BA 1835; MA 1838; BD and DD 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jun 1835, called to bar 22 Nov 1838; ordained 1841; Curate, Donnybrook, co. Dublin, and afterwards of St. Stephen’s, Dublin; Rector of Thornton Watlass, Yorks., 1842-52; Archdeacon of Middlesex, Jamaica, 1853-6; consecrated Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, 24 Mar 1856; Coadjutor to Bishop of Jamaica 1856-72; Bishop of Jamaica 1872-9; Chaplain at L’Ermitage, France, 1881-6; author, The Future State, 1843; m. 23 Jul 1842 Georgiana, second dau. of Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart. KCB MP; d. 13 Apr 1906.

COURTENAY, THOMAS PEREGRINE, eldest son of Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); b. 21 Feb 1810; adm. 7 May 1821; Junior Clerk, Treasury, 24 Feb 1826-34, Assistant Clerk, 17 Oct 1834-52, Senior Clerk 20 Feb 1852 - res 4 Dec 1855; Private Secretary to Financial Secretary to Treasury Jan – Apr 1835, Sep 1841 – Feb 1845; Private Secretary to Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli MP, Chancellor of Exchequer Mar – Dec 1852; Secretary, Commission of Inquiry into the Customs; d. unm. 7 Jun 1861.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM REGINALD, 11TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 14 Apr 1807; adm. (G) 16 Sep 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; President, Oxford Union 1827; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; BCL 1831; DCL 1838; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1828-30; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; MP (Cons) South Devon 1841 - Feb 1849; a Poor Law Inspector 1849-50; Secretary, Poor Law Board 1850-9; succ. father as 11th Earl of Devon 19 Mar 1859; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; member, Public Schools Commission, 1862; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Jul 1866 - May 1867; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1866; President, Poor Law Board, May 1867 - Dec 1868; known in Devon as “the good earl”; Chairman, Devon QS, for fifty-two years; DL JP Devon, JP co. Limerick; Busby Trustee 11 May 1861; member governing body, Westminster School, from 1869; edited with others vol. 6 of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1832-3; m. 27 Dec 1830 Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, seventh dau. of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue; d. 18 Nov 1888. DNB.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT COURTENAY, third son of Sir William Courtenay, Bart., MP, and Lady Anne Bertie, second dau. of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon; b. 11 Feb 1709/10; adm. Oct 1722; in under school list 1725; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1729; MA 28 Jan 1730/1; DCL 16 May 1739; MP Honiton 1734-41, Devonshire 1741 - 6 May 1762; succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Oct 1735; cr. Viscount Courtenay 6 May 1762; a print after a drawing by him of School and College from Little Dean’s Yard is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum; m. 2 Apr 1741 Lady Frances Finch, youngest dau. of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 16 May 1762.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1724/5, qv); b. 9 Sep 1738; adm. Jun 1748 (Porten's); KS 1752; Capt. of the School 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - 8 Nov 1760, void on election to Fellowship All Souls; BA 1761; MA 1774; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1760; adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1761; ordained deacon 29 May 1774, priest 24 Jun 1774 (both Winchester); Rector of Kenn, Devon, 29 Jun 1774; Rector of Little Hempston, Devon, 1777; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery from 26 May 1778; m. 31 Dec 1764 Anne, dau. of John Downes, Otterbury, Hampshire; d. 27 Nov 1783.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 2ND VISCOUNT COURTENAY, only son of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay (qv); b. 30 Aug 1742; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1769); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Mar 1761; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Courtenay 16 May 1762; m. at Edinburgh 7 May 1762 and at Powderham, Devon, 19 Dec 1763 Frances, dau. of Thomas Clack, Wallingford, Berks.; d. 14 Dec 1788.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 9TH EARL OF DEVON, only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (qv); b. 30 Jul 1768; adm. 12 Apr 1779; left 1784; succ. father as 3rd Viscount Courtenay 14 Dec 1788; his claim to the Earldom of Devon was established in the House of Lords 15 Mar 1831; did not take seat in House of Lords either as Viscount or Earl; d. unm. at Paris 26 May 1835.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.

COURTHOP, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of Sir George Courthop, Kt., Whiligh, Toicehurst, Kent, and his first wife Alice, dau. of Sir George Rivers, Kt., Chafford House, Kent; bapt. 3 Jun 1616; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. in 1630, subsequently at Westminster under Osbaldeston (The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop, Camden Miscellany xi, 103, Camden Society Publications, 3rd Series, vol. xiii); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1632, aged 16; BA 1635; travelled abroad 1636-9; a Commissioner of the Alienation Office; MP Sussex Sep 1656 - Feb 1657/8, East Grinstead Apr 1660 - Jan 1678/9; knighted 24 Apr 1661; a Gentleman Pensioner; m. 12 Jul 1643 Elizabeth, only dau. of Edward Hawes, a London merchant; d. 18 Nov 1685.