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Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon

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Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon DL (born 5 May 1942) is a British peer.

Lord Devon is the son of the 17th Earl of Devon and was educated at Winchester College and graduated with a BA degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1964. On 9 September 1967, he married Dianna Frances Watherston, and they have four children:

  • Lady Rebecca Eildon Courtenay (b. 1969) who is married to Jeremy Lloyd Wharton. They have 3 daughters, Alice Lucinda Wharton

(b. 1998) Emilia Rose Wharton (b. 1999) and Tatiana Elizabeth Wharton (b. 2002)

  • Lady Eleonora Venetia Courtenay (b. 1971)
  • Lady Camilla Mary Courtenay (b. 1974)
  • Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (b. 1975) who is married to Allison Joy, Lady Courtenay, née Langer, with 2 children, a daughter named Joscelyn Skye (b. January 2007) and a son named Jack Haydon. (b. 16 August 2009)

Contravention of the Equality Act 2006

In 2008, the Earl of Devon had his licence to hold civil ceremonies at Powderham Castle revoked by Devon County Council, as he had refused permission to allow a civil partnership ceremony to take place there, in contravention of the Equality Act 2006.[1][2]

References

  • Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, pp. 1121–1126, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Devon
1998—
Incumbent
Heir:
Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay