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''. He was

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of the Montgomeryshire Militia from 1764 to 1778.

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He was the son of

Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford (baptised 12 August 1710 – 20 August 1760) was a British peer. In 1748, he succeeded his distant cousin as Viscount Hereford, the Premier Viscount in the Peerage of England. Ancestry Devereux was a son o ...

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

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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 Montgomeryshire Militia officers Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown

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

Baronets in the Baronetage of England {{England-viscount-stub

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