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Robert Devereux war der Sohn und Erbe von Robert Devereux, 2. Earl of Essex , den Höfling und Soldaten aus der späteren Herrschaft von Queen Elizabeth I . Seine Mutter war Frances Walsingham (1567–1633), die einzige Tochter von Sir Francis Walsingham , Elizabeths Spionagemeister.
Earl of Essex (1565–1601), ⚭ 1590 Frances Walsingham, Witwe des Sir Philip Sidney; Hon. Walter Devereux (1570–1591). Seit seiner Eheschließung bewohnte er das Anwesen Chartley Manor in Staffordshire als seinen Familiensitz. Im Jahr 1568 stellte er eine Kavallerieabteilung auf, um die Rettung von Maria Stuart, Königin von Schottland, zu ...
Essex, Robert Devereux, 2d earl of. Essex, Robert Devereux, 2d earl of (dĕvˈəro͞oksˌ, –ro͞oˌ, –rĕksˌ), 1567–1601, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. Succeeding to the earldom on the death (1576) of his father, he came under the guardianship of Lord Burghley and soon won favor at court.
His former wife proceeded to marry Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and was tried for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, who had interfered with her ambitions as well as her love life. Following the accession of King Charles I , Essex became a member of the Parliamentary faction, and led Parliament's army at the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642 , though he was ill-equipped for command.
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (January 11 1591 – 14 September 1646), was the son and heir of the unfortunate Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and succeeded to his father's title in 1604, three years after the previous earl had been executed for treason.
His former wife proceeded to marry Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and was tried for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, who had interfered with her ambitions as well as her love life. Following the accession of King Charles I , Essex became a member of the Parliamentary faction, and led Parliament's army at the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642 , though he was ill-equipped for command.
When Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex died in 1646, Sir Walter succeeded as 5th Viscount Hereford, but not to his earldom 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 Radnorshire Militia Committee in 1648. [3]
