Francis Courtenay

Francis Courtenay, de jure 4th Earl of Devon, ( – 3 June 1638) of Powderham, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament. In 1831 he was recognised retrospectively as having been de jure 4th Earl of Devon, having succeeded his father in 1630. Origins Courtenay was the second but eldest surviving son of Sir William Courtenay (1553–1630), de jure 3rd Earl of Devon of Powderham Castle, Devon, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1526–1563). Career He was MP for Devonshire in 1625 and possibly for Grampound in 1626. Marriages and issue