DEVON

William Courtenay , 10 Earl of ( eld. son of Right Rev. Henry Reginald Courtenay 1741–1803, bishop of Exeter ). b. Lower Grosvenor st. London 19 June 1777; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1798, M.A. 1801, D.C.L. 1837; barrister L.I. 11 June 1799; patentee of the Subpœna office 1800–52 when office was abolished; M.P. for Exeter 1812–26; a master in Chancery 30 July 1817 to 23 March 1826; clerk a istant of the Parliaments 6 Feb. 1826 to 26 May 1835 when he succeeded his cousin as 10 Earl; high steward of Univ. of Ox. Feb. 1838 to death; an ecclesiastical comr. for England 21 Jany. 1842 to Aug. 1850. d. Shriven ham, Berks hire 19 March 1859. Doyle’s Official baronage i , 583 (1886), portrait ; Portraits of eminent conservatives and statesmen , second series (1846), portrait .