Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon

The Earl of Devon
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Devon
	Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon ; ; Arms of Courtenay, Earls of Devon
Member of the House of Lords; Excepted Hereditary
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 July 2018
Preceded by	The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Personal details
Born	Charles Peregrine Courtenay; 14 August 1975; Exeter, Devon, England
Political party	Crossbench
Spouse(s)	A. J. Langer (m. 2004)
Children	2
Parents	Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon; Diana Watherston
Residence	Powderham Castle
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
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] and to the California State Bar in 2004.[4]

Personal life

He married American actress A. J. Langer in a civil ceremony in 2004.[5] 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.[6]

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

Lady Joscelyn Skye Courtenay (born 31 January 2007)[7]
Jack Haydon Langer Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (born 16 August 2009)[5]

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.[3] In January 2019 he joined the Exeter firm Michelmores as a partner.[8] He and his family now reside at the family's ancestral home of Powderham Castle in Devon, England.

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),
daughter of Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham

4. Charles Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon (1916–1998)

18. John Silva

9. Marguerite Silva (d. 1950)

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)
great-granddaughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort

1. Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon

6. Jack G. Watherston

3. Diana Frances Watherston

References

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.
"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.
"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.
Jonathan Kitchin (22 January 2019). "Michelmores appoints Charles Courtenay, Earl of Devon, as Partner in Disputes team". michelmores.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

Peerage of England
Preceded by Hugh Courtenay	Earl of Devon 2015–present	Incumbent

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[Burke's_Peerage-1] 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 of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[Latham_&_Watkins-3] "Latham & Watkins: Charles Courtenay profile". Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[4] "Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Member Profile". The State Bar of California. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[people-5] "AJ Langer's Son Becomes Heir to Royal Title". People. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[Ivie2017-6] Ivie, Devon (21 November 2017). "This My So-Called Life Star Is Now a Real-Life Countess". New York. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[7] "Passages". People. 67 (9). 5 March 2007.

[8] Jonathan Kitchin (22 January 2019). "Michelmores appoints Charles Courtenay, Earl of Devon, as Partner in Disputes team". michelmores.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.