Yes, the Tatler article did focus exclusively on the present earl's awareness of his long ancestral legacy, being 19th earl himself, and his sense of sadness at no longer representing a family that had been present in the Lords probably for as many generations. His own career seems to be as a barrister on both sides of the pond, so probably not someone thinking in terms of an alternative route as an MP in the Commons anytime soon. I hadn't really though about the name Courtenay since watching some dramatized account of the lives of the Tudors many years ago. Interesting about the attainder, but as the present earl is a man of the law himself the no doubt he has his own explanation and view on that past history too.

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Thank you, James, I am well. I find the earls of Devon a fascinating dynasty, partly for the antiquity of the English House of Courtney, but also for the extraordinary processes by which one heir male persuaded the House of Lords to allow him to succeed to a title that remained attainted, without removing the attainder.