Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross, Baron Colville of Waveney (born 5 September 1959), is a Scottish television producer, director 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.
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.
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 sat as a crossbencher.
Colville used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to outline the downsides of unpaid internships in the media industry.
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 Charles Colville official website