Shield of arms of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, KG, MVO

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 born on 16 September 1826 at Longford and baptised there on 19 September. Nevill was the eldest son of

William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (28 June 1792 – 17 August 1868), styled Hon. William Nevill until 1845, was a British peer and clergyman. The fourth son of Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he was ordained in 1816 and occupied two o ...

, by Caroline Leeke, daughter of Ralph Leeke, of

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. Among his siblings were

Lady Caroline Emily Nevill Lady Caroline Emily Nevill (31 May 1829 – 23 February 1887) was an early English photographer. Personal life Caroline Emily Nevill was the eldest daughter of William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and his wife, Caroline Leeke. Her older br ...

(an early photographer), Lady Henrietta Augusta Nevill (a philanthropist and artist who married Hon. Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn), Lady Isabel Mary Frances Nevill (who married the Rev. Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh) and Hon. Ralph Pelham Nevill. He was educated at

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Career

Nevill purchased a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the

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on 23 July 1844, but retired from the Army in June 1847. On 12 May 1849, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the

West Kent Yeomanry The Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry was a British Army regiment formed in 1794. It served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. It amalgamated with the Royal East Kent (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles) to form the ...

. He resigned in May 1852. On 2 August 1852, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

. Lord Abergavenny was appointed honorary Colonel of the

on 17 February 1875, and, from 28 September 1901, honorary Colonel of the

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. He was also a

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for

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and

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 ...

.thepeerage.com Sir William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
/ref> He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1868. On 14 January 1876 he was created Earl of Lewes, in the County of Sussex, and Marquess of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth. He was further honoured when he was made a

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in 1886.

Personal life

On 2 May 1848, Lord Abergavenny married Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (1826–1892) at

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. Caroline was a daughter of

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and Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (a daughter of

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). They had ten children: * Lady Cicely Louisa Nevill (1851–1932), who married Col. the Hon. Charles Gathorne-Hardy, a son of

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. * Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny (1853–1927) * Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854–1938) *

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(1856–1920), married Florence Soanes and had issue, including Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny. * Lady Alice Maud Nevill (1858–1898), who married Colonel Henry Morland. * Lord

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. ...

(1860–1939), who married Luisa del Campo Mello; he was charged with fraud in a 1898 court case, and wrote ''Penal Servitude'' (1903). * Lord Richard Plantagenet Nevill (1862–1939); tall and thin, "Dicky" Nevill was the highly regarded and popular ADC to an Australian Governor-general and several Governors of Victoria. He died unmarried. * Lady Idina Mary Nevill (1865–1951), who married

Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey TD, DL, JP, MInstNA, AMICE (7 March 1863 – 12 November 1919), styled Viscount Hythe between 1911 and 1918, was a British peer, who was for many years editor or joint editor of ''Brassey's Naval Annu ...

. * Lady Rose Nevill (1866–1913), who married

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and had issue. * Lady Violet Nevill (1866–1910), who married

Henry Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley JP (14 January 1866 – 15 January 1919), styled as ''Viscount Dangan'' between 1884 and 1895, was an English aristocrat. Early life Henry was born at Wilton Place, London on 14 January 1866. He ...

and had issue. The Marchioness of Abergavenny died at

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Castle on 13 September 1892, aged 66, and was buried there. Lord Abergavenny died on 12 December 1915 at Eridge Castle, aged 89, and was buried there on 16 December. He was succeeded in the marquessate by his eldest son,

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. Portrait of 'The Tory bloodhound' (4671700).jpg, up''The Tory bloodhound'', caricature of Lord Abergavenny by

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( Vanity Fair, 1875) File:William Beauchamp Nevill b.1860 (2).JPG, William Beauchamp Nevill (1860–1939), son of William Nevill, 1st Marquess

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