Courtenay, William, 1710-1762

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Courtenay, William, 1710-1762

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        1710-1762

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        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.

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        Courtenay, Henry Reginald, 1714-1763 (1714-1763)

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        GB-2014-WSA-05390

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        family

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        Courtenay, Henry Reginald, 1714-1763 is the sibling of Courtenay, William, 1710-1762

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        Finch, Heneage, 1683-1757 (1683-1757)

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        GB-2014-WSA-07104

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        family

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        Finch, Heneage, 1683-1757 is the father in law of Courtenay, William, 1710-1762

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        Wrottesley, John, 1744-1787 (1744-1787)

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        GB-2014-WSA-18688

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        family

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        Wrottesley, John, 1744-1787 is the son in law of Courtenay, William, 1710-1762

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        GB-2014-WSA-05396

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        GB 2014

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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