Peerage Record – 933

     Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham was born on 29 May 1903.¹ He was the son of Kenelm Charles Edward Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham and Lady Rose Nevill.² He married Sybil Venetia Taylor, daughter of Captain John Vickris Taylor and Sybil Mary Hopkinson, on 19 January 1927.³ He and Sybil Venetia Taylor were divorced in 1939. He died on 19 July 1943 at age 40, without male issue.³
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, Territorial Army.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Pepys [G.B., 1784] on 29 December 1922.³ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Pepys [U.K., 1801] on 29 December 1922.³ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Crowhurst, of Crowhurst, co. Surrey [U.K., 1850] on 29 December 1922.³ He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Cottenham [U.K., 1850] on 29 December 1922.³ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Cottenham, of Cottenham, co. Cambridge [U.K., 1836] on 29 December 1922.³

     Captain John Vickris Taylor was born on 27 July 1872 at England.² He married Sybil Mary Hopkinson, daughter of George Henry Hopkinson and Blanche Isabella Somerset, on 19 September 1905 at England.² He died on 3 October 1956 at age 84.²
     He lived at North Aston Manor, Oxfordshire, England^G.³

     Lady Rebecca Eildon Courtenay was born on 8 April 1969.¹ She is the daughter of Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon and Dianna Frances Watherston.¹ She married Jeremy Lloyd Wharton, son of Peter Merewyn Wharton, on 3 September 1994.¹
     She was educated at Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹ She graduated from Oxford Polytehchnic, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Honours.)¹ From 3 September 1994, her married name became Wharton.¹ She lived in 2003 at The Stables House, Powderham, Devon, England^G.¹

     Lady Katherine Felicity Courtenay was born on 22 October 1940.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Christopher Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon and Sybil Venetia Taylor.¹ She married Antony Stephen Pope Watney, son of John Lewis Watney, on 8 January 1966.¹ She died on 10 October 2015 at age 74.²
     Her married name became Watney. She lived in 2003 at Hope Cottage, The Strand, Starcross, Exeter, Devon, England^G.¹

     Antony Stephen Pope Watney was born on 21 August 1936.² He was the son of John Lewis Watney.¹ He married Lady Katherine Felicity Courtenay, daughter of Charles Christopher Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon and Sybil Venetia Taylor, on 8 January 1966.¹ He died in 1986.¹

     John Lewis Watney lived at Little Nowers, Spinney Lane, Itchenor, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹

     Michael Hugh Sanders Watney was born on 26 November 1966.¹ He is the son of Antony Stephen Pope Watney and Lady Katherine Felicity Courtenay.¹ He married Louise Winsborough, daughter of Anthony Winsborough, on 25 November 1995.¹
     He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Henry John Baldwin Courtenay was born on 1 April 1915.¹ He was the son of Reverend Frederick Leslie Courtenay, 16th Earl of Devon and Marguerite Silva.¹ He died on 15 April 1915.¹

     Charles Pepys Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon was born on 14 July 1870.¹ He was the son of Henry Reginald Courtenay, Lord Courtenay and Lady Evelyn Pepys.¹ He died on 4 February 1927 at age 56, unmarried.¹
     He was Inspector of the Board of Agriculture between 1895 and 1904.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.p.) for Devon.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Courtenay [E., 1645] on 29 January 1904.¹ He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Devon [E., 1553] on 29 January 1904.¹ He retired from the military in 1908, with the rank of Major, late of the Somerset Light Infantry.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Major in 1914.¹

     Edward Courtenay was born on 3 May 1813.¹ He was the son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon and Henrietta Leslie Pepys.¹ He died on 16 January 1814.¹