Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon English hereditary peer and barrister (born 1975)
Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon [ 1] Lord Courtenay from 1998 until 2015, is an English hereditary peer and barrister . He is a crossbench member of the House of Lords , having been elected at a by-election in 2018.[ 2] [ 3]
Education and career
Courtenay was educated at Eton College .[ 1] MA degree from St John's College, Cambridge , in 1997, he followed his legal studies at the Inns of Court School of Law .[ 1] admitted to the bar at Inner Temple in 1999,[ 4] [ 5]
Personal life
Courtenay married the American actress A. J. Langer in a civil ceremony in 2004.[ 6] peerage and estate , becoming the 19th Earl of Devon.[ 7]
Courtenay and Langer have two children.[ 8] [ 6] [ 9] [ 10]
Courtenay practised law with the firm of Latham & Watkins from 2005 to 2018, starting at their Los Angeles, California office. In January 2014, he permanently relocated his family to London and transferred to his firm's London office.[ 4] [ 11] Powderham Castle in Devon, England. He owns a 3,500 acre estate.[ 12]
Arms
Coat of arms of Courtenay, Earls of Devon[ 13]
Crest
1st, Out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of seven ostrich feathers four and three argent; 2nd, a dolphin embowed proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st and 4th Or, three torteaux (Courtenay ); 2nd and 3rd Or, a lion rampant azure (Redvers, Earls of Devon ).
Supporters
Two boars argent, bristled, tusked, and unguled or
Motto
Quod Verum Tutum (What is true is safe)
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon 16. Henry Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (1836–1898) 8. Frederick Courtenay, 16th Earl of Devon (1875–1935) 17. Lady Evelyn Pepys (1839–1910),Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham 4. Charles Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon (1916–1998) 18. John Silva (1839–1923) 9. Marguerite Silva (1875–1950) 19. Mary Frances Corrie (1845–1929) 2. Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon 10. Capt. John Vikris Taylor (1872–1956) 5. Sybil Venetia Taylor (d. 2001) 22. George Hopkinson (d. 1919) 11. Sybil Mary Hopkinson 23. Blanche Isabella Somerset (1847–1922)Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 1. Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon 6. Jack Greenshields Watherston 3. Diana Frances Watherston 7. Elizabeth Jean Eildon McConnel
References
^ a b c Burke's Peerage , Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, pp. 1121–6; ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 ^ "Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2018" (PDF) . Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 July 2018 .^ "Oaths and Affirmations, 19 July 2018" . Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 14 April 2023 .^ a b "Latham & Watkins: Charles Courtenay profile" . Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019 .^ "Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Member Profile" . The State Bar of California . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .^ a b "AJ Langer's Son Becomes Heir to Royal Title" . People . 27 August 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016 .^ Ivie, Devon (21 November 2017). "This My So-Called Life Star Is Now a Real-Life Countess" . New York . Retrieved 22 November 2017 . ^ "Passages" . People . 67 (9). 5 March 2007.^ "Earl of Devon to divorce 'Devon's Meghan Markle' AJ Langer" . Devon Live . Retrieved 5 November 2023 .^ Bamidele, Afouda (25 February 2024). " . The Blast . Retrieved 1 September 2024 . ^ Jonathan Kitchin (22 January 2019). "Michelmores appoints Charles Courtenay, Earl of Devon, as Partner in Disputes team" . michelmores.com . Retrieved 29 May 2020 . ^ Born to rule? The hereditary peers about to lose their seats – podcast ^ Debrett's peerage and baronetage 2003
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