468 II. 1762. COURTENAY 2. William (Courtenay), Viscount Courte- NAY OF PowDERHAM Castle, and dc juvei^') Earl OF Devon, only s. and h., b. 30 Oct. 1742. He d. 14 Dec. 1788. Ill 1788 to 3. William (Courtenay), Viscount Courte- nay OF PowDERHAM Castle, and de jure{^) Earl OF Devon, only s. and h., b. 30 July 1768. On 14 May 1 83 1 he was declared EARL OF DEVON by the House of Lords, under the rem., in the creation of that Earldom, 3 Sep. 1553, to the grantee "and his heirs male " he being, indeed, collaterally (though most remotely) heir male to the grantee, inasmuch as his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grand- father (though all these were unconscious of their right to such dignity), Sir William Courtenay (^d. i^Sl)^ ^^^ cousin and h. male of the grantee of 1553, whose ancestor in the seventh degree was Sir WilUanis grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather. The Earl d. unm., 26 Nov. 1835, when the Viscountcy of Courtenay of Powderham became extinct ; the Earldom of Devon devolving (^) on another branch of the Courtenay family, as heirs male of the grantee of 1553. rn n> n "^ 1- fD T S
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COURTOWN I. James Stopford, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. of James S., of Courtown, co. Wexford (M.P. for that co. 1 7 13 till he ^., 9 July 1721), by Frances, da. and h. of BARONY [I.] L 1758. FART ■nnMn "l ^^^g^ Jones, of Dublin, and of Courtown afsd., was b. L ■-'about 1700; admitted to the Middle Temple, i Oct I. 1762. 1719; M-P- for CO. Wexford, 1721-27, and for Fethard in that co., 1727-58; Sheriff of co. Wexford 1756. On 19 Sep. 1758, he was cr. BARON COURTOWN, co. Wexford [I.], and took his seat 31 Oct. following. On 12 Apr. 1762, he was cr. VISCOUNT STOPFORD and EARL OF COURTOWN, co. Wexford [I.]. He w., 24 Feb. I-], Elizabeth, only sister and h. of Edward Smith, of Dublin, da. of Edward S., Bishop of Down and Connor, by his ist wife, Elizabeth, da. of William Smyth, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. He d. 12 Jan. 1770, at his seat in co. Wexford, aged about 70, and was bur. in the Round Church, now St. Andrew's, Dublin. Will pr. 1770, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. His widow, who was b. Feb. 1705, d. at her house in Dublin, 8, and was bur. 1 1 Sep. 1788, at St. Ann's or St. Andrew's there, aged 83. Will pr. 1788. II. 1770. 2. James (Stopford), Earl of Courtown, i^c. [I.], b. 28 May 1731; M.P. for Taghmon [I.], 1761-68; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 8 Oct. 1771; M.P. (Tory) for Great (*) According to the extraordinary decision of the House of Lords, 14 Mar. 1831.
