Robert Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford


Robert Charles Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford was a member of the House of Lords and Premier Viscount of England.

Life

The only son of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford and The Hon. Mary Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Hereford attended New College, Oxford before marrying Ethel Mildred Shaw, daughter John Shaw, of Welburn Hall, Yorkshire. The Viscountess Hereford was appointed :en:Category:Ladies of Justice of the Order of St John|DJStJ ; they had three children including The Hon. Robert Godfrey de Bohun Devereux, whose son succeeded in the family titles.
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.

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Death

He died with his stated home at Hampton Court near Leominster and at that point left British assets in probates of 1952 and 1953 of which about being settled land totalling