George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer or (Latymer) (died 30 December 1469) was an

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nobleman.

Life

George Neville was born c.1406-1407 as the fifth son of

Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal (c. 136421 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville. Origins Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville by his wife Maud Percy ( ...

, with his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of

John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because ...

. He succeeded to the Latymer estates on the death of his half-uncle John Neville, 6th Baron Latimer, in 1430 (see

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), and on 25 February 1432 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Latimer. He later fought in

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in 1436, was a Justice of the Peace for

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in 1437 and admitted to the Privy Council in 1439. George Neville appears to have suffered from some form of

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in his later years, as he was described as an "idiot," and the guardianship of his lands was given to his nephew,

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military c ...

, the Kingmaker. He died on 30 December 1469 and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson

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, his eldest son Sir Henry Neville having predeceased him by several months, dying before the

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, 23 July 1469.

Marriage and issue

In 1437, Lord Latimer married Lady Elizabeth (1417–1480), daughter of

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, by his first wife, Elizabeth Berkeley. They had four children: * Katherine Neville, who died childless. * Sir Henry Neville (d. 23 July 1469), who married Joan Bourchier, daughter of

John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (died May 1474) was an English peer. Bourchier was the fourth son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and his wife Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of ...

, and Marjorie Berners, and had: ** Joan Neville, born ca 1464, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England; she married Sir James Ratclyffe. **

Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer (c.1468 – c. 28 December 1530) of Snape, North Yorkshire, was an English soldier and peer. He fought at the battles of Stoke and Flodden. Richard Neville was the eldest son of Sir Henry Neville, who wa ...

(

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, ca. 1468 –

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, December 1530, bur.

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), married in Grafton, Worcestershire, in 1490 to Anne Stafford (Grafton, Worcestershire, ca. 1471 – aft. 1513, bur. Well, North Yorkshire), daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (Grafton, Worcestershire, ca. 1427 – executed by order of King Henry VII for siding with Richard III,

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, 8 July 1486) and Catherine Fray (1437–1482), and had issue which included

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. ** Thomas Neville (1468–1546) (Esq.), born in Shenstone, Staffordshire, England. He was Lord of Mathom; married Letitia Harcourt (1494–1520), daughter of Sir Robert Harcourt of

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and Agnes Lymbrake and had issue.Thomas NEVILLE (Esq.)
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. * Jane Neville, who married Oliver Dudley.

Life

Marriage and issue

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