Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon

Birthday August 14, 1975

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Exeter, Devon, England

Age 48 years old

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1975

Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon (born 14 August 1975), styled as Lord Courtenay from 1998 until 2015, is an English hereditary peer and barrister.

1997

After obtaining an MA degree from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1997, he followed his legal studies at the Inns of Court School of Law.

1999

Courtenay was admitted to the bar at Inner Temple in 1999, and to the California State Bar in 2004.

2004

Courteney married the American actress A. J. Langer in a civil ceremony in 2004.

2005

A formal wedding later took place on 30 April 2005, in Los Angeles.

Courtenay practised law with the firm of Latham & Watkins from 2005 to 2018, starting at their Los Angeles, California office.

2014

In January 2014, he permanently relocated his family to London and transferred to his firm's London office.

2015

With his father's death in 2015, the then Lord Courtenay succeeded to his father's peerage and estate, becoming the 19th Earl of Devon.

Courtenay and Langer have two children.

Courteney announced that he had filed for divorce in November 2023.

2018

He is a crossbench member of the House of Lords, having been elected at a by-election in 2018.

Courteney was educated at Eton College.

2019

In January 2019, he joined the Exeter firm Michelmores as a partner, where he is known as Charles Courtenay.

He and his family now reside at the family's ancestral home of Powderham Castle in Devon, England.