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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.
Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon [1] (born 14 August 1975), styled as Lord Courtenay from 1998 until 2015, is an English hereditary peer and barrister. He is a crossbench member of the House of Lords , having been elected at a by-election in 2018.
Ruins of Tiverton Castle, seat of the Earls of Devon. Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon (3 May 1414 – 3 February 1458) was a nobleman from South West England.His seat was at Colcombe Castle near Colyton, and later at the principal historic family seat of Tiverton Castle, after his mother's death.
Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1485 creation) Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon; Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon; Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon; Hugh de Courtenay, 4th/12th Earl of Devon; Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon; John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon; Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (19 June 1777 – 19 March 1859) was a 19th-century British aristocrat and politician, who sat in the Commons before entering the House of Lords after succeeding to the title of Earl of Devon in 1835.
Sir Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon, 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick (ca. 1439 – 17 August 1469) [2] was a dominant magnate in South West England in the mid-15th century, and a participant in the Wars of the Roses.
Ruins of Tiverton Castle, seat of the Earls of Devon. Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon (c.1357 – 5 December 1419), known by the epithet the "Blind Earl", was the son of Sir Edward de Courtenay and Emeline Dawnay, and in 1377 succeeded his grandfather, Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, as Earl of Devon.
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475 – 9 June 1511), feudal baron of Okehampton and feudal baron of Plympton, [4] was a member of the leading noble family of Devon. His principal seat was Tiverton Castle , Devon with further residences at Okehampton Castle and Colcombe Castle , also in that county.