Heirs male of the first viscount's body, lawfully begotten
Former seat(s)
Hampton Court Castle Bromwich Hall
Motto
Virtutis comes invidia ("Envy is the attendant of virtue")[1]
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and 2nd Viscount Hereford
Viscount Hereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England. The title was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.[1]
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ViscountHereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England. The title was created...
Woodstock; their great-great-great-grandson Walter Devereux was created ViscountHereford in 1550 Mary de Bohun (c. 1368 – 1394), who married Henry of Bolingbroke...
and has more often been in the title of the Earl of Hereford or the ViscountHereford. also Duke of Lancaster (1399), Duke of Aquitaine (1399), Earl of...
Tamworth and Lichfield Walter Devereux, 5th ViscountHereford (1578–1658), grandson of the first Viscount, MP for Stafford and Worcestershire Walter Devereux...
16th ViscountHereford (1843–1930), English peer. Robert Devereux, 17th ViscountHereford (1865–1952) Robert Devereux, 18th ViscountHereford (1932–2004)...
Talbot family, Marcher Lords of Shrewsbury and also from that of ViscountHereford. The Latin motto is: Pulchra terra Dei donum ("This fair land is the...
introduced early into court life. At 17 she married Walter Devereux, ViscountHereford, who in 1572 became Earl of Essex. After her husband went to Ireland...
of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male...
among Viscounts is: Viscounts in the Peerage of England Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain Viscounts in the...
courtier and soldier Robin Devereux, 19th ViscountHereford (born 1975), an English peer and premier viscount Sean Devereux (1964–1993), English-born educator...
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