Devereux
Devereux is a Norman surname found frequently in Ireland, Wales, England and around the English-speaking world. The name may derive as a Norman French rendering of the Welsh name "Dyfrig" or "Dubricius". This name would have been familiar to the Norman and Breton elites via Saint Dubricius, an important 6th century clergyman who ordained Samson of Dol. The parish of St. Devereux (Archenfield) still bares this Norman version of the name.[1][2] In Ireland, the name is associated with Wexford, where the Cambro-Normans first invaded from Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1170.
| Devereux | |
|---|---|
| Current region | Wales, Ireland and England |
| Etymology | Possibly derived from Dubricius |
| Place of origin | Wales, Herefordshire |
| Connected families | D'Évreux ("of Évreux", France), Devereaux and Deveraux |
Another variant is Devreux (which unlike Devereux[3] is found within Normandy itself) meaning "d'Évreux" or "from Évreux", a town in Normandy, France. 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
- 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's.
Organizations
- The Devereux Foundation, U.S. non-profit organization founded by Helena Devereux
- Devereux Glenholme School, Connecticut
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
References
- "St Dubricius, Gwenddwr". parish.churchinwales.org.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- Emanuel, Hywel David. "DYFRIG (DUBRICIUS), saint (fl. 475?)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?nom=devreux