Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford explained
Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford (19 February 1741 – 1 August 1783)[1] was an English hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords as Premier Viscount. He was Colonel of the Montgomeryshire Militia from 1764 to 1778.[2]
Family
He was the son of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford and his wife Catherine Mytton (d. 1748).[3]
Lord Hereford married Henrietta Charlotte Tracy (d. 1817), the daughter of Susan and Anthony Keck. Henrietta was born Henrietta Charlotte Keck, but changed her surname to Tracy in 1774 — before her marriage — as a condition of inheriting her uncle Robert Tracy's estate.[4] [5] Edward and Henrietta had no children and the Viscountcy was inherited by Edward's younger brother George Devereux.
See also
References
- http://records.ancestry.com/Edward_Devereux_records.ashx?pid=108085 Ancestry.com — Edward Devereux
- Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Montgomeryshire Regiments of Militia, Volunteers and Yeomanry Cavalry, Wrexham: Bridge Books, 2000,, pp. 16–9, Appendix 1.
- http://www.burkespeerage.com/distinguishedFamilies_Sudeley.php Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
- Keck [née Hamilton], Lady Susanna [Susan] (bap. 1706, d. 1755), political manager ]. 2023-03-29 . 2004 . en . 10.1093/ref:odnb/68355.
- https://deedpolloffice.com/research/private-acts-parliament/1774-14-Geo-3-38 Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1774 (14 Geo. 3). c. 38
