Background
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.
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 was commissioner for sewers for Norfolk and Suffolk in 1658 and 1659 and became a freeman of Orford in 1660. He became a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk in July 1660. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Orford in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679 He was relatively inactive during his time in parliament.
He died at Little Glemham in December 1683.
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1660, Devereux was elected Member of Parliament for Orford in the Convention Parliament.