De Vere is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aubrey de Vere I (died c. 1112), tenant-in-chief in England of William the Conqueror
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Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902), Irish poet and critic
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Cecil Valentine De Vere
Cecil Valentine De Vere (14 February 1846 in London – 9 February 1875 in Torquay) was the winner of the first official British Chess Championship in 1866.
He was born Valentine John Cecil De Vere Mathews in 1846. It is likely that he was th ...
(1845–1875), British chess player
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Clémentine de Vère (1888-1973), British magician and illusionist
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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of ...
(1550–1604), Lord Great Chamberlain to Elizabeth, also believed by some to have penned Shakespeare's works
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Harry De Vere (1870–1923), American silent film actor
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Mary de Vere
Mary de Vere (''circa'' 1554-''circa'' 24 June 1624) was a 16th-century English noblewoman who lived a life of extraordinary wealth and privilege. The daughter of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and his second wife Margery Golding, she marrie ...
(died c. 1624), English noblewoman
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Michael De Vere
Michael De Vere (born 11 December 1976 in Caringbah, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Or ...
(born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer
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Pearl de Vere
Pearl de Vere (October 1859 – June 5, 1897), known as the "soiled dove of Cripple Creek", was a 19th-century prostitute and brothel owning Procuring (prostitution), madam of the American Old West.
Early years
DeVere was born ''Eliza Martin' ...
(c. 1862–1897), brothel owning madam of the American Old West
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Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (1362–1392), companion and advisor to Richard II of England
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Stephen de Vere (1812–1904), Irish Member of Parliament
See also
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House of de Vere, an English aristocratic family that includes several of the individuals listed above, and many others listed in that article
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De Vere baronets
The Hunt, later de Vere Baronetcy, of Curragh in the County of Limerick, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 4 December 1784 for Vere Hunt, who subsequently represented Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons. The second B ...
, a title in the Baronetage of Ireland
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Horace de Vere Cole
William Horace de Vere Cole (5 May 1881 – 25 February 1936) was an eccentric prankster born in Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland. His most famous prank was the ''Dreadnought'' hoax where he and several others in blackface, pretending to b ...
(1881–1936), prankster and eccentric
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Henry de Vere Stacpoole (1863–1951), Irish author
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Lady Clara Vere de Vere", an English poem written by Alfred Tennyson
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De Vere Group, a British hotel and leisure business
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De Vere Society
The De Vere Society is a registered educational charity (Charity no. 297855) dedicated to the proposition that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was the author of the works of William Shakespeare. The society accepts there are many alternative ...
, a British group supporting the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
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The De Vere Belfry
The Belfry is a golf resort and hotel in Wishaw, Warwickshire, close to Sutton Coldfield, England, located approximately 8 miles from the centre of Birmingham. It was acquired by KSL Capital Partners in August 2012.
The resort has three golf ...
, a hotel in England
*Chase de Vere Investments plc or its successor company Chase de Vere Financial Solutions plc, at the time, a subsidiary of
Bristol and West
Bristol & West (B&W) was a former Mutual organization, mutual building society in the United Kingdom (UK), one of the first to be Demutualization, demutualised to become a Public limited company, publicly traded bank in 1997. Bristol & West ha ...
*Richard DeVere, a fictional character played by Peter Bowles in the British sitcom ''
To the Manor Born''
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Aubrey De Vere (disambiguation)
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Vere (disambiguation)
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