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'''Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet''' (11 March 1676 – 6 October 1735) of [[Powderham Castle|Powderham]], Devon, was an English landowner and a leading member of the Devonshire gentry. |
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'''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 a Member of Parliament. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/courtenay-sir-william-1676-1735|title=COURTENAY, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1676-1735), of Powderham Castle, Devon.|publisher=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=18 January 2018}} </ref> |
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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
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He was the son of Col. [[Francis Courtenay (died 1699)|Francis Courtenay]] (d.1699) (who predeceased his own father [[Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet]]), MP for [[Devonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Devonshire]] 1689-99, by his wife Mary Boevey, daughter of William Boevey (d.1661), of Netherlandish [[Huguenot]] descent, of [[Flaxley Abbey]], Gloucestershire. Mary's brother was John Boevey (d.1706) who refers to himself in his will dated 6 March 1703 <ref>National Archives prob 11/492</ref> as "John Boevey of Powderham Castle". |
He was the son of Col. [[Francis Courtenay (died 1699)|Francis Courtenay]] (d.1699) (who predeceased his own father [[Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet]]), MP for [[Devonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Devonshire]] 1689-99, by his wife Mary Boevey, daughter of William Boevey (d.1661), of Netherlandish [[Huguenot]] descent, of [[Flaxley Abbey]], Gloucestershire. Mary's brother was John Boevey (d.1706) who refers to himself in his will dated 6 March 1703 <ref>National Archives prob 11/492</ref> as "John Boevey of Powderham Castle". |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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He succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy |
He succeeded his grandfather in 1702 to the baronetcy and the estate of [[Powderham Castle]]. He represented [[Devonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Devonshire]] in the House of Commons from 1701 to 1710 and was [[Lord Lieutenant of Devon]] from 1714 to 1716. |
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==Death== |
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He directed his body to be buried in the north aisle of Powderham Church "near the monument there erected". He further desired "my executor ''(who was his nephew William Courtenay (d.1735) of Powderham)''...to bestow and lay out the summe of fifty pounds in erecting a monument near the place of interrment in such manner as my executor shall think fit". No such monument survives. He left £10 each to his nieces Elizabeth, Mary, Lucy and Isabella Courtenay for mourning clothes. He also bequeathed them each the sum of £30 to buy a diamond ring each to be worn in his memory. He bequeathed to Sir William Courtenay his nephew the sum of £100 and also made him his residuary beneficiary. |
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==Marriage & progeny== |
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Revision as of 13:23, 18 January 2018
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 a Member of Parliament. [1]
Origins
He was the son of Col. Francis Courtenay (d.1699) (who predeceased his own father Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet), MP for Devonshire 1689-99, by his wife Mary Boevey, daughter of William Boevey (d.1661), of Netherlandish Huguenot descent, of Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire. Mary's brother was John Boevey (d.1706) who refers to himself in his will dated 6 March 1703 [2] as "John Boevey of Powderham Castle".
Career
He succeeded his grandfather in 1702 to the baronetcy and the estate of Powderham Castle. He represented Devonshire in the House of Commons from 1701 to 1710 and was Lord Lieutenant of Devon from 1714 to 1716.
Death
He directed his body to be buried in the north aisle of Powderham Church "near the monument there erected". He further desired "my executor (who was his nephew William Courtenay (d.1735) of Powderham)...to bestow and lay out the summe of fifty pounds in erecting a monument near the place of interrment in such manner as my executor shall think fit". No such monument survives. He left £10 each to his nieces Elizabeth, Mary, Lucy and Isabella Courtenay for mourning clothes. He also bequeathed them each the sum of £30 to buy a diamond ring each to be worn in his memory. He bequeathed to Sir William Courtenay his nephew the sum of £100 and also made him his residuary beneficiary.
Marriage & progeny
He married Lady Anne Bertie, daughter of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, and their children included:
- William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay
- Henry Reginald Courtenay, MP.
- Eleanor Courtenay (d.1765)[3] who married John Francis Basset (1714–1757) MP for Barnstaple 1740-1, of Heanton Court, Heanton Punchardon.
Retrospectively Earl of Devon
In 1831 he was recognised as having been de jure 6th Earl of Devon.
References
- ^ "COURTENAY, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1676-1735), of Powderham Castle, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ National Archives prob 11/492
- ^ Heanton Punchardon burials record buried 14/9/1765
- http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Devon1553.htm
- http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm
- http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsC4.htm
- http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersD3.htm
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