Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford

Walter Devereux, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford (1488 – 17 September 1558) was an English courtier and parliamentarian.

[1] He was appointed High Steward of Tamworth in 1510, and joint Constable of Warwick Castle along with Sir Edward Belknap in 1511.

[1] In 1513, he was appointed Keeper of Netherwood Park and Councillor and Royal Commissioner of Wales and the Marches, and High Steward of Hereford the following year.

For his gallantry in the sea battle off Le Conquet (Brittany) he was rewarded on 13 July 1523 by being created a Knight of the Garter[2] by Henry VIII of England.

She was a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and his second wife Cecily, suo jure Baroness Harington and Bonville.