Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford

Viscount Hereford

Viscount Hereford is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Devereux family is of Norman descent and came to England after the Norman conquest in 1066, and settled in Lyonshall and Bodenham, Herefordshire. Sir Walter...

, a peer in the peerage of England.

Devereux was the son of Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich Hall

Castle Bromwich Hall

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 and his wife Catherine (née Arden) Devereux and the grandson of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford

Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford

Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford was an English Peer.-Family:...

. He was elected Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Stafford

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 in 1614. In 1621 he was elected MP for Marlborough

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 and in 1624 he was elected MP for Worcestershire

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. He served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire

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 in 1625.

In 1646 on the death of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

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 Devereux inherited the Viscountcy

Viscount Hereford

Viscount Hereford is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Devereux family is of Norman descent and came to England after the Norman conquest in 1066, and settled in Lyonshall and Bodenham, Herefordshire. Sir Walter...

, although the Earldom of Essex became extinct. He was named by the Lords as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire

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 in 1646 and a member of the Radnorshire

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 militia committee in 1648.

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:

• Essex Devereux (1615—1639) who married Anne daughter of Sir William Courteen
  William Courten
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   and Anne Tryon but drowned while boating leaving one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Richard Knightley;
• Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford
  Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford
  Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford was a British Peer. He was the second son of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford ....
  
   who succeeded him and
• Walter Devereux
  Walter Devereux (died 1683)
  Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.Devereux was the son of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford and his second wife Elizabeth Knightley, the daughter of Thomas Knightley of Burgh Hall, Staffordshire...
  
  (1621—1683) MP for Orford.