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

Life

George Neville was the fifth son of

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, by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. 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 Cumberland 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 is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

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

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

, 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, and Marjorie Berners, and had: ** Joan Neville, born ca 1464, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England; she married Sir James Ratclyffe. ** Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer ( Latimer, Buckinghamshire /

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, North Riding of Yorkshire, ca. 1468 – Snape, North Yorkshire, December 1530, bur. Well, North Yorkshire), married in

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, 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 John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer. ** 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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