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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 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 ...
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 ...
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, the Courtenay family seat. William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (30 October 1742 – 14 October 1788) was an English peer who was the eldest son of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay and Lady Frances Finch.
Displayed at Powderham Castle William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (1768–1835), died unmarried William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1777–1859), his second cousin: elder son of Rt. Rev. Henry Reginald Courtenay , Bishop of Exeter , who was the second son of Henry Reginald Courtenay , MP, who was the second son of Sir William Courtenay, 2nd ...
The Courtenay family of Powderham was a junior branch of the family descended from Sir Philip Courtenay (1340–1406), 5th or 6th son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1303–1377) of Tiverton Castle, Devon, by his wife Margaret de Bohun (d.1391), daughter and heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (d.1322), by his wife ...
He was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Courtenay (1451–1512) of Powderham by his wife Cecily Cheyne, daughter of Sir John Cheyne of Pinhoe.The family of Courtenay "of Powderham", always known thus until 1556 to distinguish it from the senior line of Courtenay of Tiverton Castle, Earls of Devon, was one of the most influential and best connected in Devon from the 15th century onwards.