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Powderham Castle, 1745 engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel Buck. Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Exeter and 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. [2] It is a Grade I listed building.
William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, sculpted by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815–1882), Northernhay Gardens, Exeter. William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon PC (14 April 1807 – 18 November 1888), styled Lord Courtenay between 1835 and 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1866 to 1867 and as President of the Poor Law Board ...
The property came into the possession of the Courtenays of Powderham Castle. In 1604 it passed to Thomas Clifford, grandson of the widow of Piers Courtnay. [1] It has been the seat of the Clifford family for over four hundred years, and the owners have held the title Baron Clifford of Chudleigh since 1672. European White Elm at Ugbrooke, 1908
William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (c. 1768 – 26 May 1835), styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer. The only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack, he became involved in a scandal after engaging in an affair with art collector William Thomas Beckford from boyhood ...
On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) at the head of a private army of 1,000 men seized control of Exeter and its royal castle, the stewardship of which was sought by Bonville, and laid siege to nearby Powderham for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and approached from the east, crossing ...
Powderham Castle. Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet (11 March 1676 – 6 October 1735) of Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devon, was an English landowner, a leading member of the Devonshire gentry and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1701 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons almost continually from 1707 to 1735.
Dyrham Park was one of the houses used as a filming location for the 1993 Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day (others included Badminton House and Powderham Castle). [42] The house was used for outdoor and garden scenes in the 1999 BBC mini-series Wives and Daughters. [43] In 2003, it was the filming location for the BBC One series ...
Sir William Courtenay (June 1553 – 24 June 1630) [2] of Powderham in Devon was a prominent member of the Devonshire gentry. He was Sheriff of Devon in 1579–80 and received the rare honour [3] of having been three times elected MP for the prestigious county seat in 1584, 1589 and 1601.