DEVEREUX, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1656 (School List 1656, first quarter).
Devereux, Almeric Clifford Eustace, son of Maj. William Charles Devereux MB of Tewkesbury, Gloucs, and Ethel Mary, d. of Thomas Phillips of Kemerton Court, Tewkesbury; b. 21 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1923; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1931; 2nd Lieut. RA Feb. 1926, Lieut. Feb. 1929, Capt. June 1937, Maj. Feb. 1943, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1949, Col. Apr. 1952; CRA 49th Armoured Divn (TA) 1951-4; CO 64th AA Bde 1954, Brigadier Apr. 1956; CO Plymouth Garrison 1957; retd Nov. 1957; m. 20 Apr. 1938 Jeanne Evelyn, d. of John Mervvn Dallas Wrench CIE, Indian State Railway Service, of Sherborne St John, Hants; d. 22 Apr. 1980.
Devereux, David William Mervyn, son of Almeric Clifford Eustace Devereux (qv); b. 1 Mar. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (R); left July 1959; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1959, BA 1962; Carnegie-Mellon Univ. USA 1969-72, MSc; man. dir. C. & J. Clark (S. Africa) Ltd. 1972; subsequently man. dir. Clarks Overseas Shoes Ltd.; m. Dec. 1962 Jacqueline Wood; d. 12 Oct. 1988.
DEVEREUX, EDWARD, 12TH VISCOUNT HEREFORD, second son of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford, and Catherine, sister of Devereux Mytton (qv); b. 19 Feb 1740/1; at school under Markham (Steward of Anniversary Dinner 1767); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Aug 1759, retd. 30 Jul 1762; succeeded father as 11th Viscount Hereford 22 Aug 1760; DL Montgomeryshire 1762; m. 2 Jun 1774 Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Tracy Keck, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, dau. of Anthony Keck MP, Great Tew, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Aug 1783.
DEVEY, ARTHUR CHARLES, youngest son of Charles Hill Devey, and Charlotte Pierrepont, dau. of George Pollard (IGI); b. 11 Nov 1866; adm. from Tonbridge Sch. (R) 26 Jan 1881; left Dec 1882; went to King’s Coll. London; a bleaching engineer; AMIEE; member, Society of Chemical Industry; resident in Paris.
Devis, Paul James, son of Alexandre Georges Devis, steel merchant, of Uccle, Belgium, and Elsie Barbara, d. of James Loft Churchman of Menton, France; b. 20 Feb. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (R); left July 1951; d. 1971.
DEVISME, GERARD, brother of Louis Devisme (qv); b. 6 Jan 1726/7; adm. Jan. 1737/8; left 1741; at Lisbon at the time of the earthquake 1 Nov 1755; presumably “Mr De Visme” who entertained William Hickey at his country villas outside Lisbon in Feb 1782 (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 377, 383, 391); unm.; buried Wimbledon, Surrey 29 Nov 1797.
DEVISME, LOUIS, third son of Philip De Visme, London, Huguenot refugee, and Marriane De La Majannes; b. 25 Sep 1720; adm. Jan. 1731/2; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 - 8 May 1753 (expiry year of grace as R. Bigbury); BA 1743; MA 1746; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1745, priest 21 Sep 1746 (both Oxford); Rector of Bigbury, Devon, 27 Apr 1752; in Italy with William Nassau, 4th Earl of Rochford, Jun 1753, again in Italy as travelling tutor with Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, Bart., 1758-9; abandoned clerical duties to enter diplomatic service; Secretary to Lord Rochford when British Ambassador at Madrid, 1763-7; Secretary to British Embassy, St. Petersburg, Mar 1768 - Feb 1769; Minister Plenipotentiary to Elector of Bavaria and to German Diet Dec 1769 - Jan 1774; Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden from 29 Nov 1773; d. unm. at Stockholm 4 Sep 1776. DNB.
DEWAR, DAVID ALBEMARLE BERTIE, brother of George Edward Matthew Dewar (qv); b. 3 Jul 1794; adm. 7 Apr 1802 (Clapham); left 1802; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1812, fellow commoner 7 Nov 1812, matr. 1812; of Doles Hall, Andover, Hampshire; m. 12 May 1821 Ann Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard Magenis MP [perhaps OW, qv], Grosvenor Place, London, Lieut. -Col. Fermanagh Militia; d. 25 Nov 1859.
Dewar, David, son of Thomas Dewar, Circuit Judge, and his first wife Dorothy Ann, d. of Cyril George Thomas Godden of Goring-on-Sea, Sussex; b. 17 Feb. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (G); left July 1956; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1957 (open schol. ), BA 1960, MA 1987; Clerk in the Parliament Office, House of Lords, 1962-73; an official of the European Parliament, Luxembourg, 1973-; m. 1962 Mariuccia, d. of Pietro Azzarini of La Spezia, Italy; d. 31 Mar. 1993.