Sir Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford, 2nd Baronet of Castle Bromwich (c. 1575 – 1656), was an English

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who sat in the

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at various times, between 1614 and 1624, before succeeding to the family

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cy in the

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Life

The son of Sir Edward Devereux, of Castle Bromwich,

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, and his wife Catherine née Arden, he was grandson of Sir Walter Devereux, ''cr.'' Viscount Hereford in 1550. He succeeded his father in 1622 as 2nd baronet, later inheriting in 1646 the

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of his first cousin twice removed as Viscount Hereford. Devereux previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1614, before being elected in 1621 as MP for

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, and in 1624 as MP for

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then in 1625 MP for

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. He also served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1625. When

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died in 1646, Sir Walter succeeded as 5th Viscount Hereford, but not to his

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to which he was not in remainder and which became extinct. Lord Hereford was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire in 1646 and became a member of the

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Militia Committee in 1648.

Family

Devereux married twice, firstly, Elizabeth Baspole, daughter of Robert Baspole and secondly, Elizabeth Knightley, daughter of Thomas Knightley. With the latter he had three sons: *Essex Devereux (1615–1639) who married Anne daughter of Sir William Courteen and Anne Tryon but drowned while boating leaving one daughter, Elizabeth. Anne married secondly Sir Richard Knightley; * Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford who succeeded him, and; * Walter Devereux (1621–1683), MP for Orford.

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''Burke's Landed Gentry'' : ARDEN of Park Hall
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