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The Viscount Hereford
Born(1843-01-03)3 January 1843
Died27 March 1930(1930-03-27) (aged 87)
London
NationalityBritish
Alma materEton College
Sandhurst
Known forPremier Viscount of England
Father of the House of Lords
SpouseMary Ann Morgan

Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford (3 January 1843 – 27 March 1930) was an English Peer. The Viscountcy of Hereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England.

Life

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Lord Hereford was the eldest son of the Rev. Canon Robert Devereux, 15th Viscount Hereford. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was a JP and DL for Breconshire, a JP for Herefordshire and Radnorshire, and a county alderman for Monmouthshire.[1]

Family

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On 16 July 1863 he married the Hon. Mary Anne Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. They had six children.

Lord Hereford died in 1930 shortly after becoming Father of the House of Lords having been a peer for 74 years and seven months.[2]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford
Coronet
ACoronet of a Viscount
Crest
Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Talbot's Head Argent eared Gules
Escutcheon
Argent a Fess Gules in chief three Torteaux
Supporters
Dexter: a Talbot Argent eared Gules ducally gorged of the last; Sinister: a Reindeer proper horned ducally gorged and lined Or
Motto
Virtutis Comes Invidia

References

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  1. ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 468.
  • ^ "The Father of the House". London: The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  • Book cited

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    Peerage of England
    Preceded by

    Robert Devereux

    Viscount Hereford
    1855–1930
    Succeeded by

    Robert Devereux


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