Charles Robin de Bohun Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (born 11 August 1975), is the premier viscount in the

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Education

Devereux was educated at Stowe School and at the

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where he graduated in 1998 with a BA

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and

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Career

Devereux joined

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s upon graduation in 1998, has been the

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of valuations since 2007, and the UK Board Director since 2010. In 2017 Viscount Hereford was appointed Director of Private Clients for Bonhams.

Family

Upon the death in 2004 of his father, the 18th Viscount Hereford, he succeeded to the

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titles as

Viscount Hereford Viscount Hereford is the oldest and only extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England. The title was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. History The Devereux ...

and 16th baronet. Hereford married Louisa Knight, a textile designer, on 12 June 2010. They had issue: * Sophia Emily Florence Devereux (b. 12 January 2013) * Henry Walter de Bohun Devereux (11 February 2015), heir apparent. He is a member of

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Arms

References

Notes

* ''Who's Who'' 2016

External links

www.burkespeerage.com

1975 births Living people People from Warwickshire People from London Robin People educated at Stowe School Alumni of the University of East Anglia {{England-viscount-stub