Sir Reginald James Neville Neville, 1st Baronet (22 February 1863 – 28 April 1950), born Reginald Neville White, was a British
barrister
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and
Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament
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. He was created a
baronet
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in 1927.
Background and education
Reginald James Neville White was the elder son of James Sewell White, a barrister who became a Judge of the
High Court of
Calcutta
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, in
India
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and who took the name Neville by Royal Licence in 1885. While the family seat was at Sloley Hall,
Sloley
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,
Norfolk
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, he was born in
Bombay
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, British India, in 1863. He was later educated at
Clifton College
''The spirit nourishes within''
, established = 160 years ago
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school
, religion = Christian
, president =
, head_label = Head of College
, head ...
,
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, president ...
where he was a
Scholar
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, and at
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...
, where he won the
Winchester Reading Prize.
['NEVILLE, Sir Reginald James Neville, 1st Bart, 1927', in ''Who Was Who'' online version by OUP]
Legal and political career
Neville was
called to the bar
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,
Inner Temple
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, in 1887, following in his father's footsteps. He was appointed as
Recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
, or part-time judge, of
Bury St Edmunds
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in 1905, a position he held until 1943.
[ In 1892 he first stood for parliament, contesting South Leeds, where he continued as the Conservative and Unionist candidate at the general elections of 1895 and 1900, and at a by-election in 1908. At the January 1910 election, he stood unsuccessfully in ]Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
, but was finally elected as a Unionist Member of Parliament for Wigan at the second 1910 election, gaining the seat from a Labour member. He lost this seat back to the Labour Party in December 1918 (a so-called "Khaki election
In Westminster systems of government, a khaki election is any national election which is heavily influenced by wartime or postwar sentiment. In the British general election of 1900, the Conservative Party government of Lord Salisbury was returne ...
"), and in 1923 stood unsuccessfully in South Leeds again, meeting his fifth defeat there. He was then selected as Unionist candidate for East Norfolk, where he was successful at the 1924 election, holding the seat until 1929. In that year he became a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers
The Worshipful Company of Bowyers is one of the livery companies of the City of London.
Originally, bowyers (longbow-makers) and fletchers (arrow-makers) composed one organisation. However, in 1371, the fletchers petitioned the lord mayor to ...
.[
In 1927, Neville was created a Baronet He was a member of the ]Carlton Club
The Carlton Club is a private members' club in St James's, London. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the creation of Conservative Central Office. Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.
History
The ...
and the United University Club
The United University Club was a London gentlemen's club, founded in 1821. It occupied the purpose-built University Club House, at 1, Suffolk Street, London, England, from 1826 until 1971.
Formation and membership
The Club was founded at a meetin ...
.[ He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London 1928 to 1930.
]
Personal life
Neville died in April 1950, aged 87. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Edmund Henderson Neville, 2nd Baronet MC, author of ''The War Letters of a Light Infantryman'' (1931), who also wrote under the pen-name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
of 'Gaid Sakit'.[NEVILLE FAMILY OF SLOLEY]
at nationalarchives.gov.uk
Arms
Notes and references
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External links
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1863 births
1950 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
People educated at Charterhouse School
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
English barristers
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1924–1929
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wigan