Earl of Courtown
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Earl of Courtown is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1762 along with the courtesy title Viscount Stopford for the politician James Stopford, who had previously represented County Wexford and Fethard in the Irish House of Commons. Stopford had already been created Baron Courtown in 1758, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1796 his son, the second Earl, was created Baron Saltersford, of Saltersford in the County of Chester, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which entitled him and his descendants to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. The present holder of the Earldom of Courtown is still a member of the House of Lords as one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Courtown sits as a Conservative.
[edit] Earls of Courtown (1762)
- James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown (1700-1770)
- James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown (1731-1810)
- James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765-1835)
- James Thomas Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown (1794-1858)
- James George Henry Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown (1823-1914)
- James Walter Milles Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown (1853-1933)
- James Richard Neville Stopford, 7th Earl of Courtown (1877-1957)
- James Montagu Burgoyne Stopford, 8th Earl of Courtown (1908-1975)
- James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (b. 1954)
- The Heir Apparent is James Richard Ian Montagu Stopford, Viscount Stopford (b 1988)
