Robert Milo Leicester Devereux, 18th Viscount Hereford (4 November 1932 – 25 February 2004) was a
member of the House of Lords
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and
Premier Viscount of England.
Life
Only son of The Hon. Godfrey Devereux
JP (1894 † 1934), he succeeded his grandfather, the
17th Viscount Hereford, in the
family titles on 16 April 1952.
Lord Hereford was educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
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Places
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* Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States
* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
before being commissioned in the
Royal Horse Guards (1960–63). Lieut. The Viscount Hereford was appointed an
Officer of the Order of St John
The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British British monarchy ...
, and later he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Lord Hereford lived at
Hampton Court, Herefordshire with his wife Susan Mary, only child of Major Maurice Godley, ADC to the Governor of Fiji. They had two sons, the
19th Viscount Hereford''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''
/ref> and Hon. Edward Devereux, QC.
Arms
See also
* Devereux baronets
Devereux is a Norman surname found frequently in Ireland, Wales, England and around the English-speaking world. The name may derive as a Norman French rendering of the Welsh name "''Dyfrig''" or "''Dubricius''". This name would have been familia ...
References
External links
Devereux family genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hereford, Robert, 18th Viscount
1932 births
2004 deaths
People from Herefordshire
People educated at Eton College
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Officers of the Order of St John
Royal Horse Guards officers
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
20th-century English nobility
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...