Robert Devereux

Robert Devereux may refer to:

  • Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566–1601), favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, executed for treason
  • Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591–1646), son of the above
  • Roberto Devereux, a 1837 opera by Donizetti
  • Robert Devereux (rugby union) (1897–1974), American rugby union player
  • Robert Devereux (civil servant) (born 1957), British civil servant

Famous quotes containing the words robert and/or devereux:

    “Over the stark plain
    The stilted mill-chimneys once again spread
    Their sackcloth and ashes a flowing mane
    Of repentance for the false day that’s fled.”
    —William Robert Rodgers (1909–1969)

    “I was never proud till you sought to make me too base.”
    —Robert Devereux (1566–1601)