As Labour looks to stop all dukes sitting in second chamber, Charles Courtenay defends the ‘long view’ they represent
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It is tricky in modern Britain to defend the existence of hereditary peers, but the Earl of Devon will have a very good go.
The 49-year-old earl – Charles Peregrine Courtenay, an affable, 6ft 6in intellectual property lawyer who lives in a medieval castle – entered the House of Lords in 2018 when he was working for a US firm.
