Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross

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

The Right Honourable The Viscount Colville of Culross
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	(1959-09-05) 5 September 1959 (age 65)
Political party	None (crossbencher)
Alma mater	Rugby School St Chad's College
Other titles	5th Baron Colville of Culross 14th Lord Colville of Culross

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.