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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 ...
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.
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.
When Walter Devereux was born in 1365, in Herefordshire, England, his father, William d'Évereux IV, was 50 and his mother, Anne de La Barre, was 53. He married Agnes Crophull in 1383. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 25 July 1402, in Wales, at the age of 37, and was buried in Weobley, Herefordshire, England ...
Walter Devereux (1387–1419), knight of Herefordshire. Walter Devereux (1411–1459), Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1449–c. 1451. Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431–1485), son of the above, Yorkist politician and military officer during the Wars of the Roses. Walter Devereux (MP for Cardiganshire), MP for Cardiganshire, 1547.
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).
Walter Devereux, 1st Devereux Earl of Essex, the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux, was born in 1541. His grandfather was the 2nd Baron Ferrers, who was created Viscount Hereford in 1550 and by his mother was a nephew of Henry Bourchier, a former Earl of Essex. Walter Devereux succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hereford in 1558, and in 1561 or 1562 ...
