Coat of arms of Sir Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland, KG

Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1525–Aug 1563) was an English peer, member of the

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Life

He was born in 1525, the eldest son of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife, Katherine Stafford. Katherine's father was Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham; her mother was

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.Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XII, Part II. London: St. Catherine Press, pp. 557–9 Henry Neville was knighted in 1544 and inherited the

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from his father in 1550. He was made a member of the Privy Council around 1552 and ambassador to Scotland the same year. He became a Knight of the Garter and lord-lieutenant of Durham on 7 May 1552. Upon the death of

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, Neville supported

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and participated in her coronation ceremony.Stephen, Leslie. "Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland", ''Dictionary of National Biography'', Smith, Elder, & Company, 1894
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. Their daughter Eleanor married William Pelham. His second wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Roger Cholmeley; thirdly he married her sister Margaret, the widow of Sir Henry Gascoigne. Henry Neville died in August 1563 and was succeeded by his son by Anne Manners, Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland.

References

1525 births 1563 deaths Knights of the Garter 16th-century English nobility

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