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Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford

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The Viscount Hereford
Born(1843-01-03)3 January 1843
Died27 March 1930(1930-03-27) (aged 87)
London
NationalityBritish
Alma materEton College
Sandhurst
Known forPremier Viscount of England
Father of the House of Lords
SpouseMary Ann Morgan

Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford (3 January 1843 – 27 March 1930) was an English Peer. The Viscountcy of Hereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England.

Life

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Lord Hereford was the eldest son of the Rev. Canon Robert Devereux, 15th Viscount Hereford. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was a JP and DL for Breconshire, a JP for Herefordshire and Radnorshire, and a county alderman for Monmouthshire.[1]

Family

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On 16 July 1863 he married the Hon. Mary Anne Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. They had six children.

  • Hon Robert Charles Devereux, later 17th Viscount Hereford
  • Hon Muriel Devereux (b. 11 Aug 1866; d. 5 Jul 1924), mar. 2 May 1893 Anthony Noel Denny, of La Chripa, Puerto Oratava, Tenerife
  • Hon Eleanor Mary Devereux (b. 20 Sep 1868; d. 22 Jun 1944), mar. 21 Aug 1906 Maj Albert Addams-Williams OBE
  • Hon Lilian Devereux (b. 4 Sep 1870; d. 17 Oct 1959)
  • Hon Sybil Devereux (b. 19 Jan 1873; d. 3 Mar 1892)
  • Hon Rosamond Ela Devereux (b. 23 Jul 1875; d. 3 Aug 1945)

Lord Hereford died in 1930 shortly after becoming Father of the House of Lords having been a peer for 74 years and seven months.[2]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford
Coronet
A Coronet of a Viscount
Crest
Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Talbot's Head Argent eared Gules
Escutcheon
Argent a Fess Gules in chief three Torteaux
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

References

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  1. ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 468.
  2. ^ "The Father of the House". London: The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

Book cited

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Peerage of England
Preceded by Viscount Hereford
1855–1930
Succeeded by