Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny JP (4 March 1853 – 13 October 1927), styled

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between 1868 and 1876 and

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between 1876 and 1915, was a British peer.

Early life

Nevill was the eldest son of

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (16 September 1826 – 12 December 1915), styled Viscount Neville between 1845 and 1868 and known as The Earl of Abergavenny between 1868 and 1876, was a British peer. Background and education He was ...

, by Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of

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. One of his brothers was

William Beauchamp Nevill Lord William Beauchamp Nevill (23 May 1860 – 12 May 1939) was an English Aristocracy (class), aristocrat who was born into the wealthy family of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, grew up in Eridge Castle, and attended Eton College. ...

. He was educated at

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Career

Nevill never lived in Abergavenny. Besides the marquessate, he inherited the titles of

and

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He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for

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in 1880. He was also a "staunch

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" and patron of 24

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. During his last years he was a "mentally afflicted" invalid, and "an inmate of a home in Cheshire". He died at Cheadle Royal,

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, on 13 October 1927, aged 74. He was buried at

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Castle on 17 October. He never married and was succeeded in the marquessate by his younger brother, Lord Henry Nevill.

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