Devereux
Devereux is a surname of Norman origin frequent in England and the English-speaking world. The name is notably found in Wexford, where the Normans first landed in Ireland from Pembrokeshire in Wales. It is claimed as a variant of Devreux (which unlike Devereux[1] is still encountered in Normandy) meaning "d'Évreux" or "from Évreux", a town in Normandy, France. Another explanation is that it is equivalent to the name Dyfrig (or Dubricius), a saint originating from south Herefordshire (Archenfield), where the parish of St. Devereux is also found.
| Devereux | |
|---|---|
| Current region | Normandy |
| Etymology | d'Évreux (French for 'of Évreux', France) |
| Connected families | Devereaux |
The similar names Devereaux and Deveraux are alternate spellings of the surname resulting from the various ways of pronouncing it - the placename is pronounced "Ev-ruh" (French pronunciation: [evʁø]) and the surname may be pronounced Dever-o, Dever-oo, Dever-ooks, Dev-erah, Dev-rah, Dev-ruh, or Dev-rix (Wexford).
People
- Count of Évreux, title of nobility at the origin of the name
- Dora Devereux (born 1884), dressmaker
- Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester (1917–1983), British female spy
- George Devereux (1908–1985), Austro-Hungarian ethnologist and psychoanalyst (born in Lugoj, nowadays part of Romania)
- Helena Devereux (1885–1975), American educator and founder of the Devereux Foundation
- James Devereux (1903–1988), U.S. Marine Corps General and politician
- Jim Devereux (1885–1936), Australian rugby league footballer
- John Devereux (disambiguation)
- Lillie Devereux Blake (1833–1913), American feminist
- Marie Devereux (1940–2019), British actress
- Nicholas Devereux (1791–1855), Irish-American banker, trustee, and western New York landowner
- General Ricardo Wall y Devereux (1694–1777), Spanish General and Prime Minister of the 18th-century
- Richard Devereux (born 1938), English cricketer
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601), military hero and royal favourite, executed for treason
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591–1646), son of Robert Devereux, courtier and soldier
- Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (born 1975), an English peer and premier viscount
- Sean Devereux (1964–1993), English-born educator known for his support of food aid in Liberia and opposition to child soldier conscription, and activist in Somalia. Murdered by Somali warlords in 1993.
- Colonel Wallace C. Devereux (1893–1952) CBE, F.R.Ae.S., metallurgist and founder of High Duty Alloys Ltd.
- Walter Devereux (disambiguation) is a name shared by several members of the same family including the 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1490–1558) and the 1st Earl of Essex (1541–1576)
- William Devereux, Baron Devereux of Lyonshall (c.1244–1314), a Marcher Lord in the time of Edward I and Edward II of England.
Organizations
- The Devereux Foundation, U.S. non-profit organization founded by Helena Devereux
- Devereux Glenholme School, Connecticut
- Devereux Proper Threads, a U.S. clothier.
Places
- Devereux (Herefordshire), lost village in the United Kingdom
- Devereux, Georgia, a community in the United States
- Devereux Creek, Queensland, a small locality on the east coast of Australia
- St Devereux (Herefordshire), church and parish 6 miles south of Hereford, originally dedicated to the Welsh Saint Dyfrig, Bishop of Ergyng
See also
- Roberto Devereux, tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, loosely based on Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex