Walter Devereux

Walter Devereux may refer to:

  • Sir Walter Devereux (MP for Herefordshire) (died 1402), MP for Herefordshire 1401
  • Walter Devereux (1411–1459), Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1449–c.1451
  • Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431–1485). Son of the above. A Yorkist politician and military officer during the Wars of the Roses
  • Walter Devereux, MP for Ceredigion, 1547
  • Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (1488–1558), grandson of the above. Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire from 1543 to 1558
  • Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541–1576), grandson of the above. Earl Marshal of Ireland from 1575 to 1576
  • Walter Devereux (died 1641) MP for Pembroke, Tamworth and Lichfield
  • Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford (1578–1658). A grandson of the first Viscount MP for Stafford and Worcestershire
  • Walter Devereux (died 1683), English MP for Orford

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