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338 DEVON 7 May, and bap. 1 5 June i 836, at St. Geo., Han. Sq. ; ed. at Westminster; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 18 Oct. 1854; M.P. (Conservative) for Exeter 1864-68, for East Devon 1868-70. Bankrupt, Apr. 1870 (debts about j^ 1 00,000); again May 1878 for about ^lofioo (each bankruptcy being annulled at is. in the £1), and again Jan. 1888. He <3'. unm., of paralysis, at Boodle's Club, St. James's, 15, and was ^wr. 20 Jan. 1891,31 Powderham, aged 54.(») XXXIl. 1891. 23. Henry Hugh (Courtenay), Earl of Devon [1553], ij/jo a Baronet [1644], uncle ^"d .,b. in London, 15 July, and bap. 14 Aug. 181 1, at St. Geo., Bloomsbury; ed. at Westm. school; matric. at Oxford (Merton Coll.) 3 Dec. 1829, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1844; in holy orders; Rector of Mamhead, Devon, 1845-77; Rector of Powderham 1 877-1 904; Preb. of Exeter Cathedral 1876 till his death. A Conservative. He w., 6 Jan. 1835, at Leslie House, co. Fife, Anna Maria, sister of the Earl of Rothes [S.], da. of George Lesui., /ormer/y Gwythyr, by Henrietta Anne, suo jure Countess of Rothes [S.]. She, who was b. 19 July 1815, d'. at Powderham Rectory, 18, and was bur. 23 Feb. 1897, at Powderham, aged 81. Will dat. 4 Nov. 1892, pr. 29 Apr. 1897. He d. at the Rectory, Powderham, 29 Jan. and was bur. 2 Feb. 1904, at Powderham, aged 92. Will dat. 28 May 1897 to 24 June 1898, pr. 18 Mar. 1904, over ;^6,ooo gross. He was sue. by his grandsonjC") who is outside the scope of this work. [Henry Reginald Courtenay, styled, after 1891, Lord Courtenay, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 20 Jan. 1836, at West Wickham, Kent; ed. at Westm. school, matric. at Oxford (Merton Coll.) 1 6 June 1 854, B.A. (New Inn Hall) 1859; Barrister (Inner Temple) 1864; sometime Inspector under the Local Government Board, retiring 1896. He »?., 12 July 1862, at St. Peter's, Eaton Sq., Evelyn, 9th and yst. da. of Charles Christopher (Pepys), 1st Earl of Cottenham, by Caroline Elizabeth, da. of William Wingfield-Baker. He d. at his residence. High House, Kenton, Devon, v.p., 27 May, and was bur. i June 1898, at Powderham, aged 62. Will dat. 2 May 1898, pr. 23 Jan. 1899. His widow, who was b. 19 Jan. 1839, in Bruton Str., d. 7 Oct. 19 10, at Kenton afsd., aged 70.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 20,049 ^cres in Devon, worth ;{^30,995 a year, and of 33,026 in co. Limerick, worth ^{^14,525 a year. Total, 53,075 acres, worth ;{^45,520 a year. Principal Residence. — Powderham Castle, near Exeter, Devon. (*) He became a Rom. Cath. in 1888. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined this faith since I 850, see vol. iii, Appendix G. V.G. (•>) Charles Pepys Courtenay, h. 14 July 1870. In the great European War he served as Major, Devonshire Regt., but relinquished his commission 24 Mar. 1915. His brother, Henry Hugh Courtenay, rector of Powderham, served as Chaplain to the 4th Wessex Brigade. For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F. V.G.