 Complete the following phrase:  The Devon Commission was headed by William Courtney, the 10th Earl of Devon, and it reported in 1845 that the population of Ireland had increased from 6 million people to close on 8 million people. Similarly they concluded that the leases were unfair and were favourable to the landowners who were usually Anglo-Irish. The majority of Irish tets had no form of protection, they could be, and often were, summarily evicted. They also had no claim to the Ulster Custom of landholding - this would have granted tets the 3Fs: Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent. The Devon Commission had wide reaching consequences and though too late to prevent the 