Elizabeth Courtenay, Countess of Devon

Lady Elizabeth married the future earl on 27 December 1830,[1] when he was still an MP and the heir to the earldom.

[3] The earl made a number of improvements to the family home of Powderham Castle.

[4] A large granite memorial cross to the countess's eldest son, William, is to be found in the churchyard of St Clement's Church, Powderham, and is inscribed on the west side of the base: "William Reginald Courtenay eldest son of Lord & Lady Courtenay, born Oct 28 1832 died Nov.r 21 1853.

In memory of their first born and much beloved child this cross is erected by his sorrowing parents".

Elizabeth's own tomb, with a full-length recumbent alabaster effigy by Edward Bowring Stephens,[5] is situated inside St Clement's, against the east wall of the south transept.