Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Devon
Arms of Courtenay, Earls of Devon: Quarterly 1st & 4th, Or, three torteaux gules (Courtenay); 2nd & 3rd: Or, a lion rampant azure (Redvers)
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
4 July 2018
Preceded by Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Personal details
Born Charles Peregrine Courtenay
(1975-08-14) 14 August 1975
Exeter, Devon, England
Spouse(s)
Children 2
Parents Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon
Diana Courtenay (née Watherston), Countess of Devon
Residence Powderham Castle
Occupation Barrister

Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon[1] (born 14 August 1975), styled as Lord Courtenay from 1998 until 2015, is an English barrister and hereditary peer who is a crossbench member of the House of Lords, having been elected at a by-election in 2018.[2]

Education and career

The 19th Earl of Devon was educated at Eton College.[1] After obtaining an MA degree from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1997, he followed his legal studies at the Inns of Court School of Law.[1] Courtenay was admitted to the bar at Inner Temple in 1999.[3]

Personal life

He married American actress A. J. Langer in a civil ceremony in 2004.[4] A formal wedding later took place on 30 April 2005, in Los Angeles. With his father's death, the former Lord Courtenay succeeded to his father's peerage and estate.[5]

The Earl and Countess of Devon have two children, both born in Los Angeles:

  • Lady Joscelyn Skye Courtenay (born 31 January 2007)[6]
  • Jack Haydon Langer Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (born 16 August 2009)[4]

Courtenay has practised law with the Los Angeles, California, office of Latham & Watkins since 2005. In January 2014, he permanently relocated his family to London and transferred to his firm's London office.[3] He and his family now reside at the family's ancestral home of Powderham Castle in Devon, England.

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, pp. 1121–6; ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
  2. ↑ "Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2018" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 Latham & Watkins: Charles Courtenay profile
  4. 1 2 "AJ Langer's Son Becomes Heir to Royal Title". People Magazine. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Ivie, Devon (November 21, 2017). "This My So-Called Life Star Is Now a Real-Life Countess". New York Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Passages". People. 67 (9). 5 March 2007.
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Hugh Courtenay		 Earl of Devon
2015–present		 Incumbent
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