James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown[2] (also known as Patrick Courtown;[3] born 19 March 1954), styled Viscount Stopford between 1957 and 1975, is an Irish peer and politician.

The son of James Stopford, 8th Earl of Courtown and Patricia Winthrop, he has a brother named Jeremy, and three sisters: Elizabeth, Mary and Felicity.

[5] In 1995, he was appointed a lord-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, and a government whip.

He was promoted to deputy chief whip and captain of the yeomen of the guard in the May ministry in July 2016.

In that role, he took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.