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William "Kitty" Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (c. 1768 – 26 May 1835), was the only son of William Courtenay, de jure 8th Earl of Devon, 2nd Viscount Courtenay, and his wife Frances Clack. He attracted infamy for a homosexual affair with art collector William Beckford from boyhood when it was discovered and publicised by his uncle.
30 de mai. de 2018 · In December 1788 her brother died in London and her nephew William became the third viscount Courtenay. In the following July William reached the age of twenty-one but, as the family and household were still in mourning, his coming-of-age celebrations were postponed until the summer of 1790.
30 de mai. de 2018 · This site is about William Courtenay who was born some 250 years ago on 30 July 1768. Although he lived at a time when such acts were serious criminal offences in England, William seems to have made little if any effort to disguise or deny the fact that he chose to have sex with other men.
William Courtenay was the archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the English church and moderating influence in the political disputes of King Richard II of England. A great-grandson of King Edward I, Courtenay studied law at the University of Oxford, where he became chancellor in 1367.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Courtenay (c. 1342 – 31 July 1396) was Archbishop of Canterbury (1381–1396), having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London.
30 de mai. de 2018 · Facts of life. William Courtenay was born at Powderham in England on 30 July 1768. He was the only son of Frances lady Courtenay and her husband William lord Courtenay. They already had four daughters when William was born and nine more followed.
9 de jun. de 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 9th June 1511, in the reign of Henry VIII, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, died of pleurisy at Greenwich. He was buried at Blackfriars, London, with the honours due an earl, even though he hadn't been officially invested yet.
