| 词条 | William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon |image = |image_size = |caption = Coat of arms of the Earl of Devon |birth_name = William Courtenay |birth_date = 19 June 1777 |birth_place = London |death_date = {{death-date and age|19 March 1859|19 June 1777}} |death_place = Beckett Park, Berkshire |title = |residence = Powderham Castle, Devon |nationality = British |other_names = |office = Member of Parliament for Exeter (1812-26); Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments (1826-35); High Steward of the University of Oxford (1838-59) |predecessor = William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon |successor = William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon |spouse = {{marriage|Lady Harriet Leslie Pepys |1804|1839|reason=died}} {{marriage|Elizabeth Ruth Scott|1849|1914|reason=died}} |children = Rt Hon. the 11th Earl of Devon Revd Preb. the 13th Earl of Devon Hon. and Revd Canon Leslie Courtenay |parents = Bishop Henry Courtenay Lady Elizabeth Howard |website = }}{{Infobox cricketer | name = William Courtenay | image = MCC logo.svg | image_size = 50px | country = England | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | bowling = | role = batsman | club1 = MCC | year1 = | club2 = | year2 = | date = 21 March | year = 2013 | columns = 0 | source = Arthur Haygarth }} 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. LifeHe was born on 19 June 1777, the eldest son of Dr Henry Reginald Courtenay, Bishop of Exeter and his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Lieut-Gen Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham. Courtenay was educated at Westminster School before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1799, and served from 1817 until 1826 as a Master-in-Chancery.[2] Returned as Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1812 until January 1826, he resigned his seat upon appointment as Assistant Clerk to the House of Lords, at an annual salary of £4,000,[1] and was pleased to assist his cousin, Viscount Courtenay, establish his right, in 1831, to the ancient family earldom before the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges. He stayed in post until May 1835,[2] when he succeeded his second cousin as 10th Earl of Devon,[5] as well as inheriting Powderham Castle in Devon and estates in Ireland.[1] He was elected High Steward of Oxford University in 1838, and was also a governor of Charterhouse.[2] In 1843, British prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, asked him to chair a commission on Irish land tenure. The resulting report by the Devon Commission was published in 1845.[3] Sporting careerNoted as a cricketer for MCC in the 1790s, captained by William Bache among others, one surviving scorebook of a first-class match in 1797 records Courtenay as having scored just a single before getting out.[4] FamilyHe was married twice, firstly to Harriet Leslie Pepys, daughter of Sir Lucas Pepys and his first wife Jane Elizabeth Leslie, 12th Countess of Rothes , and secondly to Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Rev. John Scott of County Wicklow. Lord Devon was succeeded in the family titles by his eldest son, who was appointed a Cabinet member and a Privy Counsellor.[1] His second son, Hon. and Revd Prebendary Henry Courtenay succeeded his nephew as 12th earl, while his fourth and youngest surviving son, Hon. and Revd Canon Leslie Courtenay, served as Domestic Chaplain to Queen Victoria before becoming a Canon of Windsor.[5] DeathLord Devon died at Shrivenham, then in Berkshire, while visiting his brother-in-law, Ven. Edward Berens, Archdeacon of Berkshire, on 19 March 1859.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/courtenay-william-1777-1859|title=COURTENAY, William (1777-1859)|publisher=The History of Parliament Trust |accessdate=24 September 2014}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite journal|journal=Gentleman's Magazine|title=Obituary: The Earl of Devon|url=|year=1859|pages=423–4}} 3. ^House of Lords biography 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/88/88644/88644.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=William Courtenay |accessdate=21 March 2013}} 5. ^Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Bibliography
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