| 词条 | Walter Devereux (died 1683) |
| 释义 |
Walter Devereux (c. 1621 – December 1683) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. Devereux was the son of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford and his second wife Elizabeth Knightley, the daughter of Thomas Knightley of Burgh Hall, Staffordshire. He married Anne, the daughter of William {{not a typo|Forthe}} of Butley Priory, near Orford, Suffolk, at which the couple subsequently lived.[1] He was commissioner for sewers for Norfolk and Suffolk in 1658 and 1659 and became a freeman of Orford in 1660.[1] In 1660, Devereux was elected Member of Parliament for Orford in the Convention Parliament.[1] He became a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk in July 1660. He was re-elected MP for Orford in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. He was relatively inactive during his time in parliament.[1] After his wife died in 1668 he went to live with Thomas Glemham. He died at Little Glemham in December 1683.[1] Butley was inherited by his eldest daughter, his only son having died before him. References1. ^1 2 3 4 History of Parliament Devereux, Hon.Walter (c.1621-83) of Butley Priory, Suffolk {{one source|date=May 2014}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Devereux, Walter}}{{England-pre1707-MP-stub}} 10 : 1621 births|1683 deaths|People from Suffolk Coastal (district)|Place of birth missing|Year of birth uncertain|People of the Stuart period|Devereux family|English MPs 1660|English MPs 1661–1679|Commissioners for sewers |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。