Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford (19 February 1741 – 1 August 1783) was an

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who sat in the

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as ''Premier Viscount''.

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He was the son of

Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford (c. 1710 – 20 August 1760) was a British peer and the 11th Viscount Hereford. Family and ancestry He was a son of Arthur Devereux of Nantcribba, Montgomeryshire (d. 1711) and his second wife Elizabeth Gly ...

and his wife Catherine Mytton (d. 1748). Lord Hereford married Henrietta‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌Charlotte‌‌‌‌ Tracy (d. 1817), the daughter of Susan and

Anthony Keck Anthony Keck (1726–1797) was an 18th-century English architect with an extensive practice in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales. Life Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726 He designed in the "austere ...

. Henrietta was born Henrietta Charlotte Keck, but changed her surname to Tracy in 1774 — before her marriage — as a condition of inheriting her uncle Robert Tracy's estate.Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1774 (14 Geo. 3). c. 38
/ref> Edward and Henrietta had no children and the Viscountcy was inherited by Edward's younger brother

George Devereux Georges Devereux (born György Dobó; 13 September 1908 – 28 May 1985) was a Hungarian-French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, often considered the founder of ethnopsychiatry.

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1741 births 1783 deaths Edward 12 Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown

Edward Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

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