Viscount Hereford is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Devereux family is of Norman descent and came to England after the Norman conquest in 1066, and settled in Herefordshire. A later member of the family, Sir Walter Devereux (died 1485), married Anne Ferrers, 7th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (died 1469) (see the Baron Ferrers of Chartley for earlier history of this ...
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Viscount Hereford
Noble title
Holders
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Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford
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Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford
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Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford
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Henry Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford
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Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford
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Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
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Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford
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George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford
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Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford
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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
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