Walter Devereux
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Walter Devereux may refer to:
- Walter Devereux (1411–1459), Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1449–c.1451
- Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431–1485). Son of the above. A Yorkist politician and military officer during the Wars of the Roses
- Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 1st Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford was an English Peer.-Family:...
(1488–1558), grandson of the above. Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire from 1543 to 1558 - Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of EssexWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of EssexWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG , an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantation of Ulster, where he ordered the massacre of Rathlin Island...
(1541–1576), grandson of the above. Earl Marshal of Ireland from 1575 to 1576 - Walter Devereux (died 1641)Walter Devereux (died 1641)Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1641.Devereux was the son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and his wife Frances Walsingham, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham and widow of Sir Philip Sidney. He matriculated from...
MP for Pembroke, Tamworth and Lichfield - Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 5th Viscount HerefordSir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford, a peer in the peerage of England....
(1578–1658). A grandson of the first Viscount MP for Stafford and Worcestershire - Walter Devereux (died 1683)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...
, English MP for Orford