Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford

Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford (3 January 1843 – 27 March 1930) was an English peer. At age 12, he succeeded his father in the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, becoming the Premier Viscount of England.

Early life and education Lord Hereford was born at 12, Portland Place, Mayfair, the eldest son of Rev. Robert Devereux, 15th Viscount Hereford and Emma Jemima Ravenscrot, daughter of daughter of George Ravenscrot. His father died in 1855. In 1857, his mother remarried Col. John Ireland Blackburne.

He was educated at Eton beginning in 1852 and Sandhurst. He was a JP and DL for Breconshire, a JP for Herefordshire and Radnorshire, and a county alderman for Monmouthshire.

Marriage and issue On 16 July 1863, Lord Hereford married the Hon. Mary Anna Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. They had one son and five daughters.

Their fourth daughter, Sybil, died in 1892, aged 19, of typhoid fever. Lady Hereford died on 14 August 1924 at Ashford Hall, five weeks after the death of their eldest daughter.

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