The title Baron Bergavenny (or Abergavenny) was created several times in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
and once in the
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...
, all but the first being
baronies created by error.
Abergavenny
Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...
is a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
in
South East Wales
South East Wales is a loosely defined region of Wales generally corresponding to the preserved counties of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and Gwent. Highly urbanised, it includes the cities of Cardiff and Newport as well as large towns in th ...
with a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
established by the
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
lord
Hamelin de Balun
Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.) (born ca. 1060, died 5 March 1105/6) was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny; he also served William Rufus.J. Horace R ...
.
The
feudal barony
A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a ''barony'', comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely been ...
of Abergavenny came into existence shortly after the
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...
of 1066. The barony by writ was first created in 1392 for
Sir William de Beauchamp, a younger son of the
11th Earl of Warwick. This creation passed to his son, who succeeded as
2nd Baron, and who was subsequently created
Earl of Worcester
Earl of Worcester is a title that has been created five times in the Peerage of England.
Five creations
The first creation came in 1138 in favour of the Norman noble Waleran de Beaumont. He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leices ...
. On his death, the Earldom of Worcester became extinct, but the Barony passed to his daughter, who by modern doctrine succeeded as
3rd Baroness. She died in 1447 when the Barony descended to her son, who succeeded as
4th Baron.
In 1450,
Sir Edward Nevill, widower of the 3rd Baroness, was
summoned to
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
as Lord Bergavenny. It has been assumed that this summons was intended to be in the right of his wife, but as she was already dead and the Barony was already vested in her son by Nevill, by modern doctrine this served to create a new Barony by writ. This second creation merged with the first creation in 1476, when the 1st Baron (of the second creation) died and his son, the aforementioned 4th Baron of the first creation, also became 2nd Baron of the second creation.
In 1587, on the death of the
6th Baron (of the first creation) and 4th Baron (of the second creation), by modern doctrine both Baronies descended to his daughter,
Mary, Lady Fane, wife of
Sir Thomas Fane, who thus became ''
de jure
In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally ...
'' 7th and 5th Baroness. The title (for it was believed at the time only to be one Barony) was claimed by
Edward Nevill, the heir male of the 4th and 2nd Baron, and in 1604 he was summoned to Parliament as Lord Bergavenny. As he was not entitled to either of the existing Baronies, this served to create a further Barony by Writ. By modern doctrine, the first and second creations descended to the
Earls of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, for leading the Rising of the North ...
, heirs of the 7th and 5th Baroness, until both became abeyant on the death of the 7th Earl (and 14th and 12th Baron) in 1762.
The wrongful assumption that the Barony descended to heirs male continued, and this pattern (heirs general being deprived of their rightful title and heirs male being summoned to Parliament, with a new title being created in the process) was repeated several times, resulting in the fourth to seventh creations. The fourth and fifth creations became extinct on the death of the first holder of each, who both died without heirs, and the sixth became
abeyant
Abeyance (from the Old French ''abeance'' meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vesting, vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the tru ...
in 1811. The provenance of the third creation is unclear. None of these new creations were recognised as such at the time.
The last creation, and the only one in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1724, in favour of
William Nevill. His son, who succeeded as
2nd Baron, was created
Earl of Abergavenny
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
in 1784, and the
5th Earl was created
Marquess of Abergavenny
Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced Aber''genn''y) in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis"), in the County of Sussex, for the ...
in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
in 1876. The Barony descended with the Earldom and then also the Marquessate (both of which were limited to heirs male) until 1938 when the
3rd Marquess died leaving no surviving sons but two surviving daughters, whereupon the Barony fell into abeyance between them. The heirs of those daughters, the 6th Marquess Camden and the
23rd Baron Hastings by the principle of
moiety title
In law, a moiety title is the ownership of part of a property. The word derives from Old French ''moitié'', "half" (the word has the same meaning in modern French), from Latin ''medietas'' ("middle"), from ''medius''.
In English law, it relates ...
are the co-heirs to one half of the Barony each and neither has petitioned for the title to be settled upon one or the other (c.f.
Baron Arlington
Baron Arlington is a title in the Peerage of England which was created, on 14 March 1665, for Sir Henry Bennet,Alan Marshall, ‘Bennet, Henry, first earl of Arlington (bap. 1618, d. 1685)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxfor ...
).
Feudal Barons of Abergavenny
Dates below are the dates when they possessed Abergavenny.
*
Hamelin de Balun
Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.) (born ca. 1060, died 5 March 1105/6) was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny; he also served William Rufus.J. Horace R ...
(''tempore''
William I
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087 ...
)
*
Brientius de Insula (d. c. 1147)
*
Miles de Gloucester (died 1143) (''temp''
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...
)
*
Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, (before 1125 – 1155) was an English noble who played an active and influential part in the wars between Empress Matilda and King Stephen (a civil war known as the Anarchy).
Biography
Roger was the so ...
1143–1155
*
Walter de Hereford
Walter of Hereford was a holder of the feudal title Baron Bergavenny or Lord Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches in the mid twelfth century.
Lineage
Walter of Hereford was a son of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and Sibyl of Neufmarch ...
1155–1160?
*
Henry FitzMiles 1160?–1163?
*
Mahel de Hereford
Mahel of Hereford was a holder of the feudal lordships of Brecon and Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches in the mid 12th century.
Lineage
Mahel of Hereford was a younger son of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and his wife Sibyl of Neufm ...
1163?–1164?
*
William de Hereford
William of Hereford, Baron Abergavenny was a holder of the feudal lordship of Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches in the mid twelfth century.
Lineage
William of Hereford was a son of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and his wife Sybil de ...
1164?–1165
*
Hugh de Beauchamp
Hugh de Beauchamp was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord of Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches in the late 12th century.
Hugh was a member of the large Beauchamp dynasty but his parentage is as yet unknown or unproven. Hugh became lord of Abergavenny af ...
*
William de Braose 1173–aft. 1179
*
William de Braose (''tempore''
King John of England
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
)
*
Giles de Braose
Giles de Braose (or Giles de Bruse; died 17 November 1215) was Bishop of Hereford from 1200 to 1215.
Early life
Giles was the second son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber.Barrow "Briouze, Giles de" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograp ...
1215
*
Reginald de Braose
Reginald de Braose (19 September 1182 – June 1228) was one of the sons of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Matilda, also known as Maud de St. Valery and Lady de la Haie. Her other children included William and Giles.
The de Braoses w ...
1216–1228
*
William V de Braose 1228–1230 ("Black William")
*
William III de Cantilupe
William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and '' jure uxoris'' (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of ...
, (died 1254), ''jure uxoris'', who married Eva de Braose (d.1255), daughter and heiress of William V de Braose.
*Sir
George de Cantilupe
George de Cantilupe (1252–1273) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') The spelling used by modern historians is "de Cantilupe", which is followed in this article was Lord of Abergavenny from the Mar ...
1255–1273 (son)
*
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (6 May 1262 – 28 February 1313), feudal Lord of Abergavenny, was an English peer and soldier. He was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1290/92 in the Great Cause and signed and sealed the ...
(1273–1313 (nephew)
*
John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (29 September 1287 – 20 January 1325) was a medieval English Baron. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.
Descent
Hastings was the son of John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, also inheriting the title Baro ...
1313–1325
*
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Laurence de Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (20 March 131920 August 1348) was a Norman English nobleman and held the titles 1st Earl of Pembroke (4th creation), Baron Abergavenny and Baron Hastings under Edward II of England and Edward III of Englan ...
1325–1348
*
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, (29 August 1347 – 16 April 1375), was a fourteenth-century English nobleman and soldier. He also held the titles Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Wexford. He was born in Sutton Valence, the son of Laurenc ...
1348–1375
*
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (October 137230 December 1389) was the son of John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Anne Manny, 2nd Baroness Manny. He was also Baron Abergavenny.
Infant Inheritance
He succeeded his father as an infan ...
1375–1389
Barons Bergavenny, first creation (1392–) (abeyant 1762)
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William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny
William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, Order of the Garter, KG (c. 1343 – 8 May 1411) was an English people, English Peerage, peer.
Beauchamp was the fourth son of Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, and Katherine Mortimer. He served u ...
(died 1411)
*
Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1397 – 1422) (created
Earl of Worcester
Earl of Worcester is a title that has been created five times in the Peerage of England.
Five creations
The first creation came in 1138 in favour of the Norman noble Waleran de Beaumont. He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leices ...
in 1421, which title extinct on his death)
*
Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later Nevill, ''de jure'' 3rd Baroness Bergavenny (1415–1447)
*
George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (2nd Baron of the 2nd creation) (1440–1492)
*
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (3rd Baron of the 2nd creation) (died 1535); during his lifetime,
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
's
Laws in Wales Acts extinguished his Marcher Lordship of Abergavenny, merging it into the new county of
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
. Like other such
Marcher Lord
A Marcher lord () was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.
A Marcher lord was the English equivalent of a margrave (in the Holy Roman Empire) or a marquis (in F ...
s, his rights were reduced by the Act to those of an English-style Baron.
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Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny (4th Baron of the 2nd creation) (died 1587)
*
Mary Nevill, later Fane, 3rd Baroness le Despenser, ''de jure'' 7th and 5th Baroness Bergavenny (1554–1626)
*
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 8th and 6th Baron Bergavenny (1580–1629) (had already been created
Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorl ...
)
*
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 9th and 7th Baron Bergavenny (1602–1666)
*
Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 10th and 8th Baron Bergavenny (1635–1691)
*
Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 11th and 9th Baron Bergavenny (1645–1693)
*
Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 12th and 10th Baron Bergavenny (1678–1699)
*
Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 13th and 15th Baron Bergavenny (1683–1736)
*
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, ''de jure'' 14th and 12th Baron Bergavenny (1685–1762) (first and second creations abeyant on his death)
Barons Bergavenny, second creation (1450–) (abeyant 1762)
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Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 3rd Baron Bergavenny (1st Baron of the 2nd creation) (died 1476) (widower of the 3rd Baroness of the first creation)
*
George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (2nd Baron of the 2nd creation) (1440–1492) (had already succeeded as 4th Baron of the first creation)
:''Thereafter held with the first creation''
Barons Bergavenny, third creation (1604 – ?)
*
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 8th and ''de jure'' 1st Baron Bergavenny (1551–1622)
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Henry Nevill, ''de facto'' 9th and ''de jure'' 2nd Baron Bergavenny (died 1641)
*
Margaret Nevill, later Brooke, ''de jure'' 3rd Baroness Bergavenny
:''Thereafter to her heirs?''
Barons Bergavenny, fourth creation (after 1641 – 1662)
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John Nevill, ''de facto'' 10th and ''de jure'' 1st Baron Bergavenny (1614–1662) (extinct on his death)
Barons Bergavenny, fifth creation (after 1666 – 1695)
*
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 12th and ''de jure'' 1st Baron Bergavenny (1665–1695) (extinct on his death)
Barons Bergavenny, sixth creation (1695–) (abeyant 1811)
*
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 13th and ''de jure'' 1st Baron Bergavenny (died 1721)
*
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 14th and ''de jure'' 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1702–1723)
*
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 15th and ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Bergavenny (died 1724) (abeyant on his death)
*Jane Nevill, later Walter, ''de jure'' 4th Baroness Bergavenny (died 1786) (abeyance terminated naturally in 1737)
*
John Walter, ''de jure'' 5th Baron Bergavenny (died 1806)
*
Charlotte Walter, later Senior, ''de jure'' 6th Baroness Bergavenny (died 1811) (abeyant on her death)
Barons Bergavenny, seventh creation (1724–) (abeyant 1938)
*
William Nevill, ''de facto'' 16th and ''de jure'' 1st Baron Bergavenny (died 1744)
*
George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 17th and ''de jure'' 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1727–1785) (created
Earl of Abergavenny
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
in 1784)
*
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 18th and ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Bergavenny (1755–1843)
*
John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 19th and ''de jure'' 4th Baron Bergavenny (1789–1845)
*
William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 20th and ''de jure'' 5th Baron Bergavenny (1792–1868)
*
William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 21st and ''de jure'' 6th Baron Bergavenny (1826–1915) (created
Marquess of Abergavenny
Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced Aber''genn''y) in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis"), in the County of Sussex, for the ...
in 1876)
*
Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 22nd and ''de jure'' 7th Baron Bergavenny (1853–1927)
*
Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, ''de facto'' 23rd and ''de jure'' 8th Baron Bergavenny (1854–1938) (abeyant on his death)
Co-heirs:
*David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden (born 1930) (half)
*
Delaval Thomas Harold Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings (born 1960) (half)
Traditional male-line succession
The succession to the notional male-line Barony of Bergavenny as it was generally assumed to be at the time was as follows:
*
Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
Edward Neville, ''de facto'' 3rd (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (died 18 October 1476) was an English nobleman.
Family
He was the 7th son7th son as implied by the difference of a rose imposed upon his paternal arms of Nevill. However Debr ...
(died 1476) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
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George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and ''de jure'' 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
Career
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by ...
(1440–1492) (''de jure'' 4th and 2nd Baron)
*
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny KG, PC (c.1469 – 1535), the family name often written Neville, was an English nobleman and courtier who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Origins
He was the son of George Nevill, 4th B ...
(died 1535) (''de jure'' 5th and 3rd Baron)
*
Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny
Henry Nevill, 6th and ''de jure'' 4th Baron Abergavenny KB (between 1527 and 153510 February 1587) was an English peer. He was the son of Sir George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, and Mary Stafford (daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Bucki ...
(died 1587) (''de jure'' 6th and 4th Baron)
*
Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 7th Baron Bergavenny ( – 10 February 1588) was a ''de facto'' English peer.
The son of Sir Edward Nevill, he was considered to have succeeded to the Barony upon the death of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny, his ...
(died 1589)
*
Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 8th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1550 – 1 December 1622) was an English peer.
The son of Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father. His right to the title ...
(1551–1622) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
*
Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny
Henry Nevill, ''de facto'' 9th (''de jure'' 2nd) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1570 – c. December 1641) was an English iron founder, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622 when he inherited the ...
(died 1641) (''de jure'' 2nd Baron)
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John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny (1614–1662) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
*
George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny (died 1666) (never summoned to Parliament, so not a baron by writ)
Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume 1, page 38
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*George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 12th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (21 April 1665 – 26 March 1695) was an English peer.
The son of George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny and Mary Gifford, daughter of Thomas Gifford and Anne Brooksby, he succe ...
(1665–1695) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
*George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 13th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (c.1659 – 11 March 1720/21) was an English peer.
The son of George Nevill and Mary, daughter of the Roundhead Bulstrode Whitelocke and his second wife Frances Willoughby, ...
(died 1721) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
*George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 14th (''de jure'' 2nd) Baron Bergavenny (16 May 1702 – 15 November 1723) was an English peer.
George was the second, but eldest surviving, son of George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Anne Walker. He was ...
(1702–1723) (''de jure'' 2nd Baron)
*Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 15th (''de jure'' 3rd) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1705 – 9 October 1724) was an English peer.
Life
Son of George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Anne Walker, he became baron when his elder brother George Ne ...
(died 1724) (''de jure'' 3rd Baron)
* William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny (died 1744) (''de jure'' 1st Baron)
* George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, 17th Baron Bergavenny (1727–1785) (''de jure'' 2nd Baron) (created Earl of Abergavenny
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
in 1784)
* Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, 18th Baron Bergavenny (1755–1843) (''de jure'' 3rd Baron)
* John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 19th Baron Bergavenny (1789–1845) (''de jure'' 4th Baron)
* William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, 20th Baron Bergavenny (1792–1868) (''de jure'' 5th Baron)
* William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, 21st Baron Bergavenny (1826–1915) (''de jure'' 6th Baron)
* Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny, 22nd Baron Bergavenny (1853–1927) (''de jure'' 7th Baron)
* Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, 23rd Baron Bergavenny (1854–1938) (''de jure'' 8th Baron)
* Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny, 24th Baron Bergavenny (1883–1954)
* John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, 25th Baron Bergavenny (1914–2000)
On the death of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny in 2000, the pretence that the Barony of Bergavenny descended to heirs male was finally dropped, and so the 6th Marquess of Abergavenny does not claim to hold it.
Notes
References
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External links
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Abeyant peerages
Baronies in the Peerage of England
Baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain
Welsh noble families
Baronies by writ
Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...
Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England
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