Earl of Devon
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Earl of Devon is a noble title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first by the Redvers family, and later by the Courtenay family. It is not to be confused
Tiverton Castle, Devon, the few remains of the early mediaeval castle and seat of the Redvers and Courtenay Earls of Devon. Forfeited and recovered many times, it was finally sold by the daughters and co-heiresses of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1556), of the 1553 creation. It never was besieged during the Courtenay tenure, but was afterwards captured during the Civil War by a stroke of luck. It was then largely demolished as a preventative measure.
Powderham Castle, Devon, the ancient seat of the family of Courtenay of Powderham, which successfully claimed the dormant Earldom of Devon in the 19th century. Here seen from the southwest, flying the heraldic banner of the Earl of Devon.
Earl's coronet worn by the 17th Earl of Devon at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 (displayed at Powderham Castle)
Charles Christopher Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon was a British soldier, landowner, and peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1937 until his death.
Earl of Devon
…Henry John Baldwin Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (b. and d. 1915), his elder son, died before his father Charles Christopher Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon (1916–1998), Frederick's younger son Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon (1942–2015), his only son…
Devon in 1936