George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford (25 April 1744 – 31 December 1804) was a

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Peer. He was the second 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. His maternal grandparents were Richard Mytton of Pontyscowryd and Garth,

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and Dorothy Wynn. On 15 December 1768, George married his 3rd cousin, Marianna Devereux. His namesake father-in-law was George Devereux of Tregoyd. They had five children: *

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(9 February 1777 – 31 May 1843). *Marianna Devereux (d. 9 December 1847). Married

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. *Charlotte Henrietta Marianna Devereux (d. 9 December 1847). Married Henry Wellington of

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. *Juliana Stratford Marianna Devereux (d. 1850). Married Henry Eyre of Botleigh Grange. *Catherine Eliza Marianna Devereux (d. 1856). Married first Walter Wilkins of Maeslough Castle and secondly William Richard Stretton. His older brother

Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford (19 February 1741 – 1 August 1783) was an English hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords as ''Premier Viscount''. Family He was the son of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford and his wife Cathe ...

had succeeded their father but died childless on 1 August 1783. George succeeded him and further Viscounts Hereford descend from him.

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A listing of the Devereux family
1744 births 1804 deaths George 13

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