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29 de abr. de 2022 · Walter Devereux was the illegitimate, eldest son of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex born in late 1591. His mother was Elizabeth Southwell, daughter of Sir Thomas Southwell of Woodrising, Norfolk and his wife Nazareth (Newton) Southwell, who later became Lady Paget. Elizabeth was the half-sister of the Lord Admiral’s son-in-law, Robert ...
17 de sept. de 2020 · • Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford, died on this day in history, 17th September 1558. He was buried at St John’s Church in Stowe-by-Chartley. Mary I allowed his heir, his grandson, also named Walter Devereux to inherit his titles Viscount Hereford and Baron Ferrers of Chartley and she also granted him several stewardships in Wales.
29 de abr. de 2022 · September 16, 1539. Death: September 22, 1576 (37) Ireland (Either of dysentery or poison, not substantiated) Place of Burial: Carmarthenshire, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Son of Sir Richard Devereux, MP and Lady Dorothy Hastings. Husband of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex & Leicester.
A ruthless adventurer, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, undertook to conquer and colonise Ulster on behalf of England in 1573. All previous attempts had failed, and after two years of treacherous dealings against the Irish and the Scots living in Ulster, he was recalled to England. Before leaving, Essex carried out his most notorious act, a ...
Family. Walter Devereux was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux, who was created a Knight of the Bath on 20 February 1547 and died that same year, in the lifetime of his father, Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford. Walter Devereux's mother was Dorothy Hastings, daughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, said to ...
They were closely related to John, Lord Devereux, a friend of the Black Prince and member of Richard II’s council of regency, who may, indeed, have been our Walter’s uncle.2 It was perhaps due to the latter’s influence that Walter began his career in the royal household, and he was a King’s esquire by the time of his first mention in ...
However, he was chosen to represent Pembroke Boroughs again in 1624, when his cousin Sir Walter Devereux of Leigh Court, Worcestershire, also secured a seat. It was probably Devereux rather than his kinsman who was named to the committee for the bill to authorize the sale of the Staffordshire lands of the two Thomas Copes, father and son (16 March).
