Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford
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Born3 January 1843
Mayfair, London
Died27 March 1930 (aged 87)
Roehampton, London
AlmamaterEton College
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
KnownforPremier Viscount of England
Father of the House of Lords
Father of the House of Lords
The Viscount Hereford | |
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.jpg) Lord Hereford, 1863, by Camille Silvy | |
| Born | 3 January 1843 Mayfair, London |
| Died | 27 March 1930 (aged 87) Roehampton, London |
| Alma mater | Eton College Sandhurst |
| Known for | Premier Viscount of England Father of the House of Lords |
| Spouse |
Hon. Mary Anna Morgan
(m. 1863–1924) |
Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford JP DL (3 January 1843 – 27 March 1930) was an English peer. At age 12, he succeeded his father in the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, becoming the Premier Viscount of England.[1]
Lord Hereford was born at 12, Portland Place, Mayfair, the eldest son of Rev. Robert Devereux, 15th Viscount Hereford and Emma Jemima Ravenscrot, daughter of daughter of George Ravenscrot. His father died in 1855. In 1857, his mother remarried Col. John Ireland Blackburne.[2]
He was educated at Eton beginning in 1852 and Sandhurst. He was a JP and DL for Breconshire, a JP for Herefordshire and Radnorshire, and a county alderman for Monmouthshire.[3]
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