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Devereux was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys. His maternal great-grandmother Mary Boleyn was a sister of Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, making him a first-cousin-twice-removed of the queen.
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 ...
Sir Walter Devereux (1591–26 July 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1641. Walter was a close companion of his half-brother, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , and played a significant role in Essex's actions on behalf of Parliament.
Walter Devereux succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hereford in 1558, and in 1561 or 1562 married Lettice, dau. of Sir Francis Knollys. In 1569 he served as high marshal of the field under the Earl of Warwick and Lord Clinton , and materially assisted them in suppressing the northern insurrection .
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (16 September 1541 – 22 September 1576), an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantation of Ulster, where he ordered the massacre of Rathlin Island. He was the father of Elizabeth I's favourite of her later years, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Walter Devereux was the eldest son of ...
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex. A courageous but ruthless adventurer, Essex undertook to conquer and colonise Ulster on behalf of England in 1573. 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 massacre on the ...
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə ˌ r uː /; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army , also known as the Roundheads .
