Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross (born 5 September 1959), is a Scottish television producer, director and peer. He was educated at Rugby School and at St Chad's College, Durham. The son of

Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross Queen's Counsel, QC (19 July 1933 – 8 April 2010) was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House ...

, he succeeded to his father's title in 2010, and in July 2011 was elected to the House of Lords, where he sits as a

crossbencher A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take their name from the crossbenches, between and perpendicular to the government and oppositi ...

. He is also the Chief of

Clan Colville Clan Colville is a Lowland Scottish clan. History Origins of the Clan The Clan Colville chiefs are of ancient Norman origin. The name is probably derived from the town of Colville in Normandy. The first of the name to appear in Scotland was P ...

. He used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry.

References

External links

Charles Colville official website
* 1959 births Living people Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom British television producers British television directors

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

People educated at Rugby School Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Crossbench hereditary peers {{UK-viscount-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999