The Viscount Colville of Culross | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as an elected hereditary peer 25 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | The 4th Baron Ampthill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1959 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Alma mater | Rugby School St Chad's College |
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Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross (born 5 September 1959), is a Scottish television producer, director [1] and hereditary peer.
Colville was born in 1959, the eldest son of Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, and his first wife Mary Elizabeth Webb-Bowen. He was styled Master of Colville between 1959 and 2010.
Colville was educated at Rugby School and at St Chad's College, Durham. [2]
Colville succeeded to the viscountcy upon his father's death in 2010, [3] and in July 2011 was elected to the House of Lords, where he sits as a crossbencher. [4]
He used his maiden speech in the House of Lords [5] to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry. [6]
He is also the Chief of Clan Colville.
Colville is unmarried. The heir presumptive to the viscountcy is his brother, the Hon. Richmond James Innys Colville.
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