COURTENAY, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (1710-62), of Powderham Castle, Devon

Courtenay was a Tory. He appears in Newcastle’s list of 1761 as ‘against’, but is not classed in Bute’s list of December 1761—he was about to be created a peer.Jas. Buller to Bute, 20 Nov. 1761, Bute mss. He apparently owed his peerage to Bute who therefore could press him, against Courtenay’s own inclination, to give his interest at the ensuing by-election for Devon to John Parker.Bute to Shelburne, 28 Apr. 1762, Lansdowne mss.

Courtenay died 16 May 1762.