Devereux is a surname found throughout the French-speaking world and in many other countries. It is of Norman origin, meaning d'Évreux or "from Évreux", a town in Normandy, France. The name is also found in Wexford, where the Normans first landed in Ireland from Pembrokeshire in Wales.
The similar name Devereaux is an alternate spelling of the surname resulting from the various ways of pronouncing it - the placename is pronounced "Ev-rer" (without pronouncing the final "r") and the surname may be pronounced Dever-o, Dever-oo, Dever-ooks, Dev-erah, Dev-rah, Dev-ruh, Dev-rix (Wexford), or Devereux. It may refer to:
People
Blanche Devereaux a fictional character in the sitcom The Golden Girls, portrayed by Rue McClanahan
George Devereux (1908-1985), Austro-Hungarian ethnologist and psychoanalyst (born in Lugoj, nowadays part of Romania)
Helena Devereux (1885-1975), American educator and founder of the Devereux Foundation
James Devereux (1903-1988), U.S. Marine Corps General and politician
Jim Devereux (1885–1936), Australian rugby league footballer
John Devereux (disambiguation)
Louis Devereux (1931–2016), English cricketer
Nicholas Devereux (1791-1855), Irish-American banker, trustee, and western New York landowner
General Ricardo Wall y Devereux, Spanish General and Prime Minister of the 18th-century
Richard Devereux (born 1938), English cricketer
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566-1601), military hero and royal favourite, executed for treason
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646), son of Robert Devereux, courtier and soldier
Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (1975-), an English peer and premier viscount
Sean Devereux (1964-1993), English-born educator known for his support of food aid in Liberia and opposition to child soldier conscription, and activist in Somalia. Murdered by Somali warlords in 1993.
Colonel Wallace C. Devereux (1893-1952) CBE, F.R.Ae.S., metallurgist and founder of High Duty Alloys Ltd.
Walter Devereux (disambiguation) is a name shared by several members of the same family including the 1st Viscount Hereford (c1490-1558) and the 1st Earl of Essex (1541-1576)
William Devereux, Baron Devereux of Lyonshall (c.1244-1314), a Marcher Lord in the time of Edward I and Edward II of England
Organizations
The Devereux Foundation, U.S. non-profit organization founded by Helena Devereux
Devereux Glenholme School, Connecticut
Places
Devereux (Herefordshire), lost village in the United Kingdom
St Devereux (Herefordshire), church and parish 6 miles south of Hereford, originally dedicated to the Welsh Saint Dyfrig, Bishop of Ergyng
See also:
Roberto Devereux, tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, loosely based on Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
