Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Colville of Culross
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life peerage
8 June 2026
Elected Hereditary Peer
25 July 2011 – 29 April 2026
By-election2011
Preceded byThe 4th Baron Ampthill
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1959-09-05) 5 September 1959
PartyNone (crossbencher)
Alma materRugby School
St Chad's College
Other titles
  • 5th Baron Colville of Culross
  • 14th Lord Colville of Culross

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

In May 2026, it was announced he was to be given one of 26 new life peerages, returning him to the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.[2]

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.[3]

Career

Colville worked as a newspaper reporter for the Ludlow Advertiser and the Berrow's Worcester Journal in the 1980s.[4]

He succeeded to the viscountcy upon his father's death in 2010,[4] and in July 2011 was elected to the House of Lords, where he sat as a crossbencher.[5]

Colville used his maiden speech in the House of Lords[6] to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry.[7]

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. ↑ "Political Peerages May 2026". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 Pryce, Mike (5 May 2010). "Former Reporter Is Now A Viscount". Worcester News.
  5. ↑ "Hereditary Peers' By-elections, July 2011: Results" (PDF). House of Lords. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ Colville, MaLord (8 November 2011). "Lord Colville argues that relying on interns threatens vitality of creative industries". Exaro News. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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