Richard Nevill (1654–1720) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Richard Nevill and hs wife Margaret Ussher. He inherited the country house of Furness, where he afterwards lived, on the death of his father in 1682. In 1692 he was elected Sovereign of Naas (i.e. Mayor of the town) and appointed

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. He became Recorder of Naas. Nevill represented

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in the

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between 1695 and 1703.Leigh Rayment, (Retrieved 21 February 2016). On his death in 1720 Furness passed to Richard Nevill, an Army Officer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nevill, Richard 1654 births 1720 deaths Irish MPs 1695–1699 Politicians from County Kildare High Sheriffs of Kildare Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies