Viscount Hereford

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 ... more
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