The Earl of Courtown
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Courtown's full title is The Earl of Courtown. His name is Patrick Courtown, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Party history
2002-10-23 → 2026-04-29
Conservative
2001-06-13 → 2002-10-22
Non-affiliated
1979-07-24 → 2001-06-12
Conservative
Government posts
2016-07-17 → 2024-07-05
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
2015-05-14 → 2016-07-17
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2024-09-01 → 2026-04-29
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
1999-12-06 → 2001-05-11
Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords)
2013-10-28 → 2013-12-16
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-04
Digital Skills
2016-09-01 → 2026-04-29
Finance Committee (Lords)
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-15 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contingencies Fund Act 2020 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2020-03-24 | |
| Sunday Trading (Horticulture) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2008-03-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.