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Hereford, Viscount (E, 1550)

 

Creation: let. pat. 2 Feb 1550

 

Family name: Devereux

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Arms:

Argent a Fess Gules in chief three Torteaux

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Talbot's Head Argent eared Gules

Supporters:

Dexter: a Talbot Argent eared Gules ducally gorged of the last; Sinister: a Reindeer proper horned ducally gorged and lined Or

Motto:

Virtutis Comes Invidia

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Walter [Devereux], 10th/3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley later 1st Viscount Hereford, KG PC

1st son of John [Devereux], 9th/2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, by his first wife Lady Cecily Bourchier, sister and sole hrss. in her issue of Henry [Bourchier], 2nd Earl of Essex, and only dau. of William Bourchier, styled Viscount Bourchier (by his wife Lady Anne Wydville, 2nd dau. and in her issue cohrss. of Richard [Wydville], 1st Earl Rivers), 1st son and heir ap. of Henry [Bourchier], 1st Earl of Essex

born

c. 1491

mar. (1)

bef. 15 Dec 1503 Lady Mary Grey (d. 22 Feb 1537/8), 8th dau. of Thomas [Grey], 1st Marquis of Dorset, by his wife Hon Cicely Bonville, suo jure Baroness Harington and Bonville, only child of William [Bonville], 6th Baron Harington

children by first wife

1. Hon Henry Devereux (d. unm.)

2. Hon Sir Richard Devereux (dvp. 13 Oct 1547), mar. Lady Dorothea Hastings, only dau. of George [Hastings], 1st Earl of Huntingdon, by his wife Lady Anne Stafford, 2nd dau. of Henry [Stafford], 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and had issue:

1a. Walter Devereux, later 2nd Viscount Hereford later 1st Earl of Essex

1a. Elizabeth Devereux, mar. John Vernon, of Hodnet, co. Derby, and had issue

3. Hon Sir William Devereux, of Mirevale Abbey, co. Warwick, mar. Jane Scudamore, dau. of John Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, and had issue:

1a. Barbara Devereux, mar. (1) Edward Cave, and (2) Hon Sir Edward Hastings

2a. Margaret Devereux, mar. Sir Edward Littleton MP, of Pillaton Hall, co. Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire 1583 and 1593, 1st son and heir of Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton Hall, co. Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire 1563, and had issue

mar. (2)

Margaret Garneys (mar. (2) after 20 Aug 1559 as his second wife William [Willoughby], 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham;  d. 1599/1600; bur. at Parham, co. Suffolk), 3rd dau. of Robert Garneys, of Kenton, co. Suffolk, by his wife Ann Bacon, dau. of Thomas Bacon, of Baconsthorpe, co. Norfolk

children by second wife

4. Hon Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Bt., of Castle Bromwich, co. Warwick, cr. a Baronet of England 25 Nov 1611, High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1593-94, Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1588-89 (d. 22 Sep 1622), mar. Catherine Arden, 1st dau. of Edward Arden, of Park Hall, co. Warwick, and had issue:

1a. Sir Walter Devereux, 2nd Bt., later 5th Viscount Hereford

2a. Sir George Devereux, of Sheldon Hall , co. Warwick (d. 1665), mar. Blanch Ridge, dau. and hrss. of Sir John Ridge, of Ridge, co. Shropshire, and had issue:

1c. George Devereux, of Vaynor, co. Montgomery (d. 1682), mar. Bridget Price, dau. and hrss. of Arthur Price, of Vaynor, co. Montgomery, and had issue:

1d. Price Devereux (b. c 1637; dvp. 1673) , mar. (1) Lettice Robinson, of Gwerayllt, co. Denbigh (d. 1659), (2) 1662 Damaris Benyon (widow of C Benyon, of Shrewsbury; d. Dec 1663), dau. of Richard Sherar, of London, and (3) 1664 Mary Sherar (widow of S Sherar, brother of his second wife), dau. of ..... Stephens, of Bristol, and had issue by his third wife:

1e. Price Devereux, later 9th Viscount Hereford

2d. Vaughan Devereux, of Nantaribba, co. Montgomery (d. 1700), mar. Mary Fox, and had issue:

1e. Arthur Devereux, of Nantaribba, co. Montgomery (d. 1711), mar. (1) Bridget Glyn (d. 1706), dau. of Evan Glyn, of Glyn, Clywedog, and had issue:

1f. Arthur Devereux (dsp. 1737), mar. Mary Brown

1f. Mary Devereux, mar. ..... Meredith

Arthur Devereux mar. (2) Elizabeth Glyn (d. 1746), dau. of Richard Glyn, of Maesmawr, Llandinam, co. Montgomery, and had further issue:

2f. Edward Devereux, later 11th Viscount Hereford

3f. George Devereux, of of Tregoyd, co. Brecon, mar. Marianna Aubrey, dau. of Timothy Aubrey DD, of Stanton St John, co. Oxford, and had issue

1d. Bridget Devereux, mar. ..... Mytton

2d. Catherine Devereux, mar. ..... Baldwin

3d. Mary Devereux, mar. ..... Glynne

3a. Edward Devereux (d. unm.(

4a. Henry Devereux (dsp.)

1a. Margaret Devereux, mar. as his first wife Sir Hugh Wrottesley, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford (d. 1633), and had issue

2a. Anne Devereux, mar. Robert Leighton, of Wattlesborough, co. Shropshire (d. 1625), son and heir of Thomas Leighton MP, of Wattlesborough, co. Shropshire, by his wife Elizabeth Gerrard, dau. of Sir William Gerrard, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and had issue

3a. Howard Devereux, mar. Thomas Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle

4a. Grace Devereux

1. Hon Katherine Devereux, mar. Sir James Baskerville, of Erdinsley

died

17 Sep 1558 (bur. at Stowe, co. Stafford)

created

2 Feb 1546/50 Viscount Hereford

suc. by

grandson

note

suc. his father 3 May 1501 as 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley; Joint Constable of Warwick Castle 1510/1; Knight of the Garter 1523; Bailiff of Sutton Coldfield 1524/5; Chief Justice of South Wales 1525 ; Steward of the Household of Mary, Princess of Wales 1526; Chamberlain of South Wales and of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire 1526; served in the French Wars and was at the taking of Boulogne 1544; Privy Councillor 1549/50-53

 

Walter [Devereux], 2nd Viscount Hereford later 1st Earl of Essex, KG

created

4 May 1572 Earl of Essex

 

The Viscountcy of Hereford was held by the Earls of Essex from 4 May 1572 until 14 Sep 1646, when on the death of Robert [Devereux], 3rd Earl of Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford, etc., he was suc. by his first cousin twice removed:

 

Walter [Devereux], 5th Viscount Hereford

born

1578

mar. (1)

Elizabeth Baspole (dsp.), dau. and hrss. of Sir Robert Baspole, of Aldeby, co. Norfolk

mar. (2)

bef. 1615 Elizabeth Martin (widow of Matthew Martin, of Barton, co. Cambridge; d. aft. 1643 and bef. 1659), 2nd dau. of Thomas Knightley, of Burgh Hall, co. Stafford, by his wife Elizabeth Shukburgh, dau. of John Shukburgh, of Naseby, co. Northampton

children by second wife

1. Hon Leicester Devereux, later 6th Viscount Hereford

died

bef. 5 Jan 1657/8

suc. by

son by second wife

note

suc. his father 22 Sep 1622 as 2nd Baronet of Castle Bromwich; Sheriff of Worcestershire 1625-26; Member of Parliament for Stafford 1614, for Marlborough 1621-22, for Worcestershire 1624-25 and for Worcester 1625; Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 1646

 

Leicester [Devereux], 6th Viscount Hereford

born

1617

mar. (1)

6 Jun 1642 Elizabeth Withipole (dspm. bef. 27 Jun 1669; bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk), only dau. and hrss. of Sir William Withipole, of Christ Church, Ipswich, co. Suffolk, by his wife Jane Ratcliffe, widow of Hon Henry Ratcliffe, styled Viscount FitzWalter, 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of Robert [Ratcliffe], 5th Earl of Sussex, and 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Michael Stanhope, of Sudbury, co. Suffolk

children by first wife

1. Hon Robert Devereux (b. c. 1650; bur. vp. 25 Oct 1657)

1. Hon Elizabeth Devereux (bur. vp. 26 Jan 1657)

2. Hon Frances Devereux (b. c. 1659; dspm. 20 Mar 1687/8; bur. at Toddington, co. Gloucester), mar. after 12 Jul 1679 as his first wife William [Tracy], 4th Viscount Tracy, and had issue

mar. (2)

c. 1670 Priscilla Catchpole (bur. 12 Feb 1680/1 in St Margaret's Church, Ipswich, co. Suffolk), dau. of John Catchpole, of co. Suffolk

children by second wife

2. Hon Leicester Devereux, later 7th Viscount Hereford

3. Hon Edward Devereux, later 8th Viscount Hereford

3. Hon ..... Devereux

4. Hon Anne Devereux, mar. Leicester Martin, of Christchurch, in Ipswich, co. Suffolk, and had issue

died

1 Dec 1676 (bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

one of the six peers sent to King Charles II in 1660 to invite him to return to the kingdom; Capt in Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse 1676

 

Leicester [Devereux], 7th Viscount Hereford

born

c. 1673

bur.

12 Feb 1682/3 at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk

suc. by

brother

 

Edward [Devereux], 8th Viscount Hereford

born

c. 1675

mar.

25 Apr 1690 Elizabeth Norborne (b. 26 Mar 1678; mar. (2) 21 Feb 1716/7 John Symms Berkeley, of Stoke Gifford, co. Gloucester;  d. 16 Nov 1742), dau. and cohrss. of Walter Norborne, of Calne, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Frances Bacon, 1st dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt.

died

s.p.m. 9 Aug 1700 (bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk)

suc. by

second cousin once removed

note

Steward of the Courts Baron in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire

 

Price [Devereux], 9th Viscount Hereford

born

1664

mar.

c. 1693 Mary Sandys (d. 14 Jan 1728/9), 2nd dau. of Samuel Sandys, of Ombersley Court, co. Worcester, by his wife Elizabeth Pettus, dau. of Sir John Pettus, of Cheston Hall, co. Suffolk

children

1. Hon Price Devereux, later 10th Viscount Hereford

1. Hon Mary Devereux, mar. William Price, of Rhiwlas

died

3 Oct 1740 (bur. at Berriew, co. Montgomery)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Montgomery 1691-1700; Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire 1711-14

 

Price [Devereux], 10th Viscount Hereford

born

9 Jun 1694

mar. (1)

3 Jan 1720/1 his cousin Elizabeth Martin (dsp. 26 Aug 1735; bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk), only dau. and hrss. of Leicester Martin, of Christchurch, in Ipswich, co. Suffolk, by his wife Hon Anne Devereux, only surv. sister and hrss. of Edward [Devereux], 8th Viscount Hereford, and 2nd dau. by his second wife of Leicester [Devereux], 6th Viscount Hereford

mar. (2)

30 Jul 1740 Eleanor Price (d. 13 Jun 1763; bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk), dau. of Roger Price, of Rhiwlas, co. Merioneth

died

s.p. 29 Jul 1748 (bur. at Sudbourne, co. Suffolk)

suc. by

second cousin

note

High Sheriff of Brecon 1719-20; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Montgomeryshire 1719-40

 

Edward [Devereux], 11th Viscount Hereford

born

c. 1710

mar.

13 Apr 1738 Catherine Mytton (d. 22 Feb 1748/9), dau. of Richard Mytton, of Garth, co. Montgomery, by his wife Dorothy Wynn, dau. and hrss. of Brochwel Wynn, of Garth, co. Montgomery

children

1. Hon Edward Devereux, later 12th Viscount Hereford

2. Hon George Devereux, later 13th Viscount Hereford

3. Hon ..... Devereux

1. Hon Bridget Devereux (d. 1781), mar. 1760 Price Jones

2. Hon Catherine Devereux (d. 1814), mar. 20 Oct 1793 Rev John Acland, of Broadclyst, co. Devon

died

22 Aug 1760 (bur. at Forden, co. Montgomery)

suc. by

son

 

Edward [Devereux], 12th Viscount Hereford

born

19 Feb 1740/1

mar.

2 Jun 1774 Hon Henrietta Charlotte Keck, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte (d. 23 Jun 1817), dau. and cohrss. of Anthony Tracy later Tracy-Keck, of Great Tew, co. Oxford, by his wife Lady Susan Hamilton, 4th dau. by his second wife of James [Hamilton], 4th Duke of Hamilton

died

s.p. 1 Aug 1783 (bur. at Forden, co. Montgomery)

suc. by

brother

note

Ensign, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1759

 

George [Devereux], 13th Viscount Hereford

born

25 Apr 1744

mar.

15 Dec 1768 his cousin Marianna Devereux (d. 1811), only dau. and hrss. of George Devereux, of Tregoyd, co. Brecon, by his wife Marianna Aubrey, dau. of Timothy Aubrey DD, of Stanton St John, co. Oxford

children

1. Hon Henry Fleming Lea Devereux, later 14th Viscount Hereford

1. Hon Marianna Devereux (d. 9 Dec 1847), mar. 14 Oct 1801 Sir James Cockburn, 9th Bt., of Langton, and had issue

2. Hon Charlotte Henrietta Marianna Devereux (d. 27 May 1861), mar. 1809 Henry Wellington, of Hay Castle, co. Brecon (d. 20 Sep 1868), and had issue

3. Hon Juliana Stratford Marianna Devereux (dsp. 1850), mar. 1820 as his second wife Henry Eyre, of Botleigh Grange (d. 18 Aug 1830), 1st son and heir of Rev Henry Eyre, Rector of Landford, co. Wiltshire, by his first wife Sarah Penrose, dau. of Rev Thomas Penrose DD, of Shaw House, co. Berkshire, Rector of Writtle, co. Essex

4. Hon Catherine Eliza Marianna Devereux (d. 1856). mar. (1) 1806 Walter Wilkins, of Maeslough Castle (d. May 1831), and (2) William Richard Stretton (d. 1868)

5. Hon Georgiana Marianna Devereux (d. 22 Jan 1861), mar. 1809 Thynne Howe Gwynne, of Gwernvale, co. Brecon (d. 26 Feb 1856)

died

31 Dec 1804

suc. by

son

note

Lieut, 2nd Regiment of Foot 1761-63

 

Henry Fleming Lea [Devereux], 14th Viscount Hereford, PC

born

9 Feb 1777

mar.

12 Dec 1805 Frances Elizabeth Cornewall (bapt. 20 May 1783; d. 20 Feb 1864), 4th dau. of Sir George Amyand later Cornewall, 2nd Bt., by his wife Catharine Cornewall, dau. and hrss. of Velters Cornewall, of Moccas Court, co. Hereford

children

1. Hon Henry Cornewall Devereux (b. 1807; dvp. 14 Sep 1839)

2. Rev Hon Robert Devereux, later 15th Viscount Hereford

3. Rear Admiral Hon Walter Bourchier Devereux RN (b. 3 Nov 1810; d. 15 May 1868), mar. 10 Nov 1856 Adelaide Elinor Hughes (d. 30 Dec 1916), yst. dau. of Hugh Robert Hughes, of Bache Hall, co. Chester, brother of William Lewis [Hughes], 1st Baron Dinorben, and had issue

4. Hon Humphrey Bohun Devereux DL (b. 29 Jun 1812; dsp. 19 May 1880), mar. 2 Oct 1860 Caroline Antrobus (d. 22 Dec 1903), 4th dau. of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Bt., by his wife Anne Lindsay, only dau. of Hon Hugh Primrose Lindsay, of Plaistow Lodge, co. Kent, a Director of the Hon East India Company, Marshal of the Court of Admiralty (by his wife Jane Gordon, 2nd dau. of Hon Alexander Gordon, a Lord of Session as Lord Rockville (by his wife Anne Dalrymple-Crichton, widow of William [Dalrymple-Crichton], 5th Earl of Dumfries and 4th Earl of Stair, and dau. of William Duff of Crombie), 3rd son by his third wife of William [Gordon], 2nd Earl of Aberdeen), 8th son of James [Lindsay], 5th Earl of Balcarres, by his wife Anne Dalrymple, dau. by his second wife of Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton

5. Maj Gen Hon George Talbot Devereux (b. 12 Jan 1819; d. 14 Feb 1898), mar. (1) 3 Mar 1847 Flora Annesley (widow of Hon Arthur Annesley, 1st son and heir ap. of Arthur [Annesley], 10th Viscount Valentia; d. 5 Nov 1884), 1st dau. of Lt Col Reginald George Macdonald of Clanranald, and (2) 18 Jun 1889 Katherine Jane Windham (d. 5 Jun 1934), only dau. of Ashe Smith-Windham later Windham, of Wawne Hall, co. York, by his wife Juliet Alexa Maclean, dau. of Col Hugh Maclean of Coll, and had issue by his second wife

1. Hon Frances Catherine Devereux, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria (d. 12 Jan 1857), mar. 21 Jan 1847 Thomas Bradshaw (d. 17 Dec 1884)

died

31 May 1843 (bur. at Glasbury-on-Wye, co. Brecon)

suc. by

son

note

Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 1803-05; Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 1828-30; Privy Councillor 1830; Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 1834-35

 

Rev Robert [Devereux], 15th Viscount Hereford

born

3 May 1809

mar.

25 Nov 1841 Emma Jemima Ravenscroft (mar. (2) 23 Feb 1837 as his second wife Lieut Col John Ireland-Blackburne, of Hale Hall, co. Lancaster;  d. 26 Oct 1870), dau. of George Ravenscroft

children

1. Hon Robert Devereux, later 16th Viscount Hereford

2. Hon Henry de Bohun Devereux (b. 10 Oct 1848; d. 18 Jul 1909), mar. 17 Jul 1872 Maud Philippa Salamon (d. 28 Feb 1934), dau. of Edward Salamon, of Bayswater, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and had issue

3. Hon Eustace Devereux (b. 25 Sep 1849; d. 1878)

4. Hon Walter de Bourchier Devereux (b. 26 Sep 1850; dvp. 15 Oct 1850)

1. Hon Sybil Catherine Devereux (d. 19 Jul 1930), mar. 10 Jan 1867 Capt John Bayford Butler RN, of 21 Alexandra Road, Bedford (b. 27 Aug 1832; d. 3 Oct 1888), 1st son and heir of Capt Charles George Butler RN (by his wife Emily Bayford, dau. of John Heseltine Bayford), 5th son of Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt. MP, of Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow, and has issue

2. Hon Blanche Devereux (d. 13 Oct 1923), mar. 29 Aug 1867 Thomas Francis Hazlehurst DL, of Cold Ashby Hall, Rugby (d. 1918)

died

18 Aug 1855 (bur. at Tregoyd, co. Brecon)

suc. by

son

note

Rector of Little Hereford, co. Hereford 1833-44; Hon Canon of Durham 1845

 

Robert [Devereux], 16th Viscount Hereford

born

3 Jan 1843

mar.

16 Jul 1863 Hon Mary Anna Morgan (b. Oct 1843; d. 14 Aug 1924; bur. at Glasbury-on-Wye, co. Brecon), 6th dau. of Charles Morgan Robinson [Morgan], 1st Baron Tredegar, by his wife Rosamond Mundy, only dau. of Gen Godfrey Basil Mundy

children

1. Hon Robert Charles Devereux, later 17th Viscount Hereford

1. Hon Muriel Devereux (b. 11 Aug 1866; d. 5 Jul 1924), mar. 2 May 1893 Anthony Noel Denny, of La Chripa, Puerto Oratava, Tenerife, barrister (d. 28 Aug 1933)

2. Hon Eleanor Mary Devereux (b. 20 Sep 1868; d. 22 Jun 1944), mar. 21 Aug 1906 Maj Albert Addams-Williams OBE (b. 13 Mar 1864; dsp. 29 Jun 1931), 6th son of William Addams-Williams, of Langibby Castle, co. Monmouth, by his wife Catharine Sara Frances Cooke, dau. of Thomas Cooke, of Llantarnam Cottage, co. Monmouth

3. Hon Lilian Devereux (b. 4 Sep 1870; d. 17 Oct 1959)

4. Hon Sybil Devereux (b. 19 Jan 1873; dvp. 3 Mar 1892)

5. Hon Rosamond Ela Devereux (b. 23 Jul 1875; d. 3 Aug 1945)

died

27 Mar 1930

suc. by

son

 

Robert Charles [Devereux], 17th Viscount Hereford

born

11 Aug 1865

mar.

21 Jan 1892 Ethel Mildred Shaw DJStJ (d. 2 Jun 1945), 2nd dau. of John Shaw, of Welburn Hall, Kirbymoorside, co. York, by his wife Mary Jane Houndsfield, of Springwood House, Sheffield, co. York

children

1. Hon Robert Godfrey de Bohun Devereux (b. 24 Nov 1894 ; dvp. 13 Jul 1934), mar. 5 Dec 1923 Audrey Maureen Leslie Meakin CStJ (mar. (2) 14 Nov 1961 Ernest Edmund Henry Malet [Vaughan], 7th Earl of Lisburne;  d. 18 Feb 1978), 2nd dau. of James Meakin, of Westwood Manor, Wetley Rocks, co. Stafford, by his wife Emma Beatrice Wallace, 1st dau. of Percy Hale Wallace, of Muckamore Abbey, co. Antrim, and had issue:

1a. Robert Milo Leicester Devereux, later 18th Viscount Hereford

1a. Hon (Diana) Bridget Devereux, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1953 (b. 25 Mar 1931), mar. 16 Oct 1967 Maj Samuel Charles Casamaijor Gaussen, of 60 Alder Lodge, Stevenage Road, London, and Nutbeam, Duntisbourne Leer, co. Gloucester, and has issue

1. Hon Blanche Marion Devereux OStJ (d. 13 Jan 1976), mar. 12 Jul 1927 Maj Harry Talbot Rice (b. 27 Jul 1889; d. 29 Apr 1948), 1st son and heir of Capt Henry Charles Talbot Rice by his wife Cecil Mary Lloyd, yst. dau. of Edward Lloyd, of Lingcroft, co. York, and had issue

2. Hon Ursula Mary Ethel Devereux DJStJ , Lady Superintendent-in-Chief St John Ambulance Brigade Overseas 1938-50 (dsp. 12 Aug 1957), mar. 17 Jul 1922 Brig Felix Alexander Vincent Copland-Griffiths DSO MC DL KStJ (b. 28 Jun 1894; dsp. 10 Apr 1967), 3rd son of Arthur Edward Griffiths later Copland-Griffiths, of Meadow Bank Grange, Melksham, by his wife Marian Helen Caillard, 2nd dau. of Camille Felix Désiré Caillard, of Wingfield House, co. Wiltshire

died

16 Apr 1952

suc. by

grandson

note

Alderman, Brecon County Council 1898-1904; Chairman, Breconshire Quarter Sessions 1906; KJStJ

 

Robert Milo Leicester [Devereux], 18th Viscount Hereford

born

4 Nov 1932

mar.

11 Dec 1969 (div. 1982) Susan Mary Godley, only child of Maj Maurice Godley, of Idle Hill, Sevenoaks, co. Kent, ADC to the Governor of Fiji 1931-36, by his wife Glen Short, 2nd dau. of Capt Mayow Short

children

1. Hon (Charles) Robin de Bohun Devereux, later 19th Viscount Hereford

2. Hon Edward Mark de Breteuil Devereux (b. 8 Jun 1977)

died

25 Feb 2004

suc. by

son

 

(Charles) Robert de Bohun [Devereux], 19th Viscount Hereford

born

11 Aug 1975

mar.

12 Jun 2010 Louisa Jane Knight (b. 1977), 2nd dau. of (Christopher) William Knight, of 82 Lansdowne Road, London W11 (by his wife Jonkvrouwe Sylvia Caroline van Lennep, 2nd dau. of Jonkheer Emile van Lennep, of The Hague, The Netherlands), only son of Maj Claude Thorburn Knight (by his wife Hon Priscilla Dodson, only dau. of John William [Dodson], 2nd Baron Monk Bretton), son of Ernest A Knight, of Syon House, East Budleigh, co. Devon, by his wife Isobel Constance Thorburn, dau. of Sir Walter Thorburn JP DL MP, of Glenbreck Lodge

children

1. Hon Henry Walter de Bohun Devereux (b. 11 Feb 2015)

1. Hon Sophia Emily Florence Devereux (b. 12 Jan 2013)

 

Last updated 28 Jun 2015

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Titles:

19th Viscount Hereford

(England, let. pat. 2 Feb 1550)

16th Baronet, styled "of Castle Bromwich, co. Warwick"

(England, let. pat. 25 Nov 1611)

Premier Viscount of England

 

Address:

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