Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross

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The Right Honourable
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

Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross (born 5 September 1959), is a Scottish television producer, director [1] and hereditary peer.

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Early life and education

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. He was educated at Rugby School and at St Chad's College, Durham. [2]

Career

Colville worked as a newspaper reporter for the Ludlow Advertiser and the Berrow's Worcester Journal in the 1980s. [3]

He 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]

Colville used his maiden speech in the House of Lords [5] to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry. [6]

He is the Chief of Clan Colville.

Personal life

Colville is unmarried. The heir presumptive to the viscountcy is his brother, the Hon. Richmond James Innys Colville.

References

  1. ↑ "Award-Winning Director & Producer". Charles Colville. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 1, p. 865.
  3. 1 2 Pryce, Mike (5 May 2010). "Former Reporter Is Now A Viscount". Worcester News.
  4. ↑ "Hereditary Peers' By-elections, July 2011: Results" (PDF). House of Lords. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster (3 November 2011). "Lords Hansard text for 3 Nov 201103 Nov 2011 (pt 0001)". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Colville, MaLord (8 November 2011). "Lord Colville argues that relying on interns threatens vitality of creative industries". Exaro News . Retrieved 30 January 2012.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Colville of Culross
2010–present		Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Hon. Richmond Colville
Baron Colville of Culross
2010–present
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Colville of Culross
2010–present		Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Hon. Richmond Colville
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2011–present		Incumbent
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