Name Walter 5th Role Politician | Died 1658 | |
Children Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford, Walter Devereux Parents Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich, Catherine Arden Grandchildren Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford Cousins Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Margaret Devereux, Barbara Devereux Grandparents Margaret Garneys, Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford | ||
Sir Walter Devereux (1578–1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 before succeeding to the family viscountcy in the peerage of England.
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Life
The son of Sir Edward Devereux, of Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, and his wife Catherine née Arden, he was grandson of Sir Walter Devereux, cr. Viscount Hereford in 1550. He succeeded his father in 1622 as 2nd baronet, later inheriting in 1646 the title of his first cousin twice removed as Viscount Hereford.
Devereux previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford in 1614, before being elected in 1621 as MP for Marlborough, and in 1624 as MP for Worcestershire then in 1625 MP for Worcester. He also served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1625.
When Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex died in 1646, Sir Walter succeeded as 5th Viscount Hereford, but not to his earldom to which he was not in remainder and which became extinct. Lord Hereford was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire in 1646 and became a member of the Radnorshire Militia Committee in 1648.
Family
Devereux married twice, firstly, Elizabeth Baspole, daughter of Robert Baspole and secondly, Elizabeth Knightley, daughter of Thomas Knightley. With the latter he had three sons: