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Charles Leslie Courtenay

Charles Leslie Courtenay

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Rev. Hon. Charles Leslie Courtenay (31 March 1816 – 29 October 1894) was an English clergyman who was Canon of Windsor from 1859 to 1894.[1][2]

He was the fourth son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon.[3]

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated BA in 1837 and MA in 1840. He was appointed Vicar of Bovey Tracey in 1849 and was chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1843–1849.[3]

In 1849, he married Lady Caroline Margaret, daughter of John Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers.[3]

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1859, a position he held until he died in 1894. He died in Bovey Tracey after a two-day illness.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  2. [2]
    "Canon Courtenay". The Times. 29 October 1894. p. 10.
  3. [3]
    Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1125. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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