George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford

George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford

George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford (25 April 174431 December 1804) was a British Peer.

He was the second son of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford and his wife Catherine Mytton. His maternal grandparents were Richard Mytton of Pontyscowryd and Garth, High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire and Dorothy Wynn.

On 15 December, 1768, George married Marianna Devereux. His namesake father-in-law George Devereux of Tregoyd was a possible distant relative. They had five children:

*Henry Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford (9 February, 177731 May, 1843).
*Marianna Devereux (d. 9 December, 1847). Married Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet.
*Charlotte Henrietta Marianna Devereux (d. 9 December, 1847). Married Henry Wellington of Hay Castle.
*Juliana Stratford Marianna Devereux (d. 1850). Married Henry Eyre of Botleigh Grange.
*Catherine Eliza Marianna Devereux (d. 1856). Married first Walter Wilkins of Maeslough Castle and secondly William Richard Stretton.

His older brother Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford had succeeded their father but died childless on 1 August, 1783. George succeeded him and further Viscount Hereford descent from him.

External links

* [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/dd/devereux2.htm A listing of the Devereux family]


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