Robert Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford

Robert Charles Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford (11 August 1865 – 16 April 1952) was a member of the House of Lords and Premier Viscount of England.

The Viscount Hereford
Born(1865-08-11)11 August 1865
Died16 April 1952(1952-04-16) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Known forPremier Viscount of England ;
Order of Saint John
Spouse(s)Ethel née Shaw

Life

The only son of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford and The Hon. Mary Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles, 1st Baron Tredegar (1843–1924), Lord Hereford attended New College, Oxford before marrying Ethel Mildred Shaw (d. 1945), daughter John Shaw, of Welburn Hall, Yorkshire. The Viscountess Hereford was appointed DJStJ ; they had three children including The Hon. Robert Godfrey de Bohun Devereux (1894–1934), whose son succeeded in the family titles.[1]

Lord Hereford, who lived at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, was elected Alderman of Brecon County Council from 1898 until 1904. He served as a JP, DL and Chairman of Breconshire Quarter Sessions as well as being appointed KJStJ.

Arms
Coat of arms of Robert Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford
Coronet
that 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
Orders

Death

He died with his stated home at Hampton Court (Castle) near Leominster and at that point left British assets in probates of 1952 and 1953 of which about ​1⁄3 being settled land totalling £85,210 (equivalent to about £2,470,000 in 2019) [2]

See also

References
  1. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
  2. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Robert Devereux,
16th Viscount		 Viscount Hereford
1930–1952		 Succeeded by
Robert Devereux,
18th Viscount
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