Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross

{{short description|Scottish peer, politician, TV producer (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = The Viscount Colville of Culross

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| image = Official portrait of Viscount Colville of Culross crop 2, 2023.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2023

| office1 = Member of the House of Lords

| status1 = Lord Temporal

| term_label1 = as an elected hereditary peer

| term_start1 = 25 July 2011

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| predecessor1 = The 4th Baron Ampthill

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|9|5|df=y}}

| death_date =

| party = None (crossbencher)

| alma_mater = Rugby School
St Chad's College

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| data1 = {{ubl|5th Baron Colville of Culross|14th Lord Colville of Culross}}

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Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross (born 5 September 1959), is a Scottish television producer, director{{cite web |url=http://www.charlescolville.com |title=Award-Winning Director & Producer |publisher=Charles Colville |access-date=2017-06-26}} and hereditary peer.

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.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.

Career

Colville worked as a newspaper reporter for the Ludlow Advertiser and the Berrow's Worcester Journal in the 1980s.{{cite news |url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/8148878.Former_reporter_is_now_a_viscount/ |title=Former Reporter Is Now A Viscount |work=Worcester News |date=5 May 2010 |author=Pryce, Mike}}

He succeeded to the viscountcy upon his father's death in 2010, and in July 2011 was elected to the House of Lords, where he sits as a crossbencher.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2011/result-by-election-ampthill.pdf |title=Hereditary Peers' By-elections, July 2011: Results |publisher=House of Lords |date=20 July 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011}}

Colville used his maiden speech in the House of Lords{{cite web |author=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111103-0001.htm |title=Lords Hansard text for 3 Nov 201103 Nov 2011 (pt 0001) |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date=2011-11-03 |access-date=2017-06-26}} to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry.{{cite news |author=Colville, MaLord |title=Lord Colville argues that relying on interns threatens vitality of creative industries |url=http://www.exaronews.com/articles/4140/commentary-our-use-of-unpaid-interns-is-worrying |work=Exaro News |date=8 November 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012}}

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

External links

[http://www.charlescolville.com/ Charles Colville official website]
{{IMDb name|id=nm1618343|name=Charles Colville}}

{{s-inc|heir=Hon. Richmond Colville|heir-type=Heir presumptive|rows=2}}

{{s-ttl|title=Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999|years=2011–present}}

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:British television producers

Category:British television directors

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Category:People educated at Rugby School

Category:Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham

Category:Crossbench hereditary peers

Category:Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999