| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Viscount Hereford | |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1865 |
| Death Place: | Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire |
| Known For: | Premier Viscount of England ; KStJ |
| Nationality: | British |
Robert Charles Devereux, 17th Viscount Hereford (11 August 1865 – 16 April 1952) was an English member of the House of Lords and Premier Viscount of England.[1]
Lord Hereford was born in 1865, the only son of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford and The Hon. Mary Morgan, youngest daughter of Charles, 1st Baron Tredegar (1843–1924).[2] He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford.[1]
Lord Hereford, who lived at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, was elected Alderman of Brecon County Council from 1898 until 1904. He served as a JP, DL and Chairman of Breconshire Quarter Sessions as well as being appointed KJStJ.
In 1892, Lord Hereford married Ethel Mildred Hounsfield Shaw (1874–1945), daughter of John Shaw, of Welburn Hall, Yorkshire. The Viscountess Hereford was appointed Dame of Justice of the Order of Saint John. They had three children:[2]
He died at Hampton Court Castle near Leominster and at that point left British assets in probates of 1952 and 1953 of which about being settled land totalling .[3]
| Crest: | Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Talbot's Head Argent eared Gules |
| Coronet: | that of a Viscount |
| Escutcheon: | Argent a Fess Gules in chief three Torteaux |
| Supporters: | Dexter: a Talbot Argent eared Gules ducally gorged of the Last; Sinister: a Reindeer Proper horned ducally gorged and lined Or |
| Motto: | Virtutis Comes Invidia |