William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon
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William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer.
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![William Courtenay, 3rd Viscount Courtenay (1768-1835), in the masquerade dress he wore aged 21 at his coming-of-age ball at Powderham Castle in 1789, for which event he built the Music Room at Powderham Castle.[1] Detail from portrait by Richard Cosway (1742-1821), collection of Earl of Devon, Powderham Castle, hanging over chimneypiece in Music Room](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/WilliamCourtenay3rd_ViscountByCoswayDetail.PNG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
William Courtenay, 3rd Viscount Courtenay (1768-1835), in the masquerade dress he wore aged 21 at his coming-of-age ball at Powderham Castle in 1789, for which event he built the Music Room at Powderham Castle.[1] Detail from portrait by Richard Cosway (1742-1821), collection of Earl of Devon, Powderham Castle, hanging over chimneypiece in Music Room
William "Kitty" Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, in boyhood.In their orbit 1
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About this person
William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer. The only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack, he became involved in a scandal after engaging in an affair with art collector William Thomas Beckford from boyhood until when it was discovered and publicised by his uncle.
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Lived 1768 to 1835 · aged 67
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