Sir Reginald James Neville Neville, 1st Baronet (22 February 1863 – 28 April 1950), born Reginald Neville White, was a British

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and

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Member of Parliament. He was created a

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in 1927.

Background and education

Reginald James Neville White was the elder son of James Sewell White, a barrister who became a Judge of the High Court of

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, in

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and who took the name Neville by Royal Licence in 1885. While the family seat was at Sloley Hall, Sloley,

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, he was born in

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, British India, in 1863. He was later educated at

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where he was a

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, and at

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, where he won the Winchester Reading Prize.'NEVILLE, Sir Reginald James Neville, 1st Bart, 1927', in ''Who Was Who'' online version by OUP

Legal and political career

Neville was

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, in 1887, following in his father's footsteps. He was appointed as

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, or part-time judge, of

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in 1905, a position he held until 1943. In 1892 he first stood for parliament, contesting South Leeds, where he continued as the

candidate at the general elections of 1895 and 1900, and at a by-election in 1908. At the January 1910 election, he stood unsuccessfully in

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, but was finally elected as a Unionist Member of Parliament for Wigan at the second 1910 election, gaining the seat from a Labour member. He lost this seat back to the Labour Party in December 1918 (a so-called "

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"), and in 1923 stood unsuccessfully in South Leeds again, meeting his fifth defeat there. He was then selected as Unionist candidate for East Norfolk, where he was successful at the 1924 election, holding the seat until 1929. In that year he became a

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of the

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. In 1927, Neville was created a Baronet He was a member of the

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and the United University Club. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London 1928 to 1930.

Personal life

Neville died in April 1950, aged 87. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Edmund Henderson Neville, 2nd Baronet MC, author of ''The War Letters of a Light Infantryman'' (1931), who also wrote under the

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of 'Gaid Sakit'.NEVILLE FAMILY OF SLOLEY
at nationalarchives.gov.uk

Arms

Notes and references

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neville, Reginald 1863 births 1950 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Charterhouse School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English barristers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1924–1929 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wigan