marriage was dissolved in 1968 and his business failed. He set up again as the Managing Director of the New English Typewriting School Ltd from 1969. In 1970 he interrupted the trial of former Labour MP Will Owen, accused of spying for Czechoslovakia, from the public gallery. Courtney married for a third time in 1971. References M. Stenton and S. Lees, Who's Who of British MPs Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) Stephen Dorril and Robin Ramsay, Smear! Wilson and the Secret State (4th Estate, 1991) Patrick Marnham, The Private Eye Story (Fontana, 1982) Obituary, The New York Times, 27 January 1988. External links Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 Royal Navy officers Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Royal Navy personnel of World War II 1908 births 1988 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire British expatriates in the Soviet Union British anti-communists