William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny KG MVO (September 16 1826 – December 12 1915) was an English peer.

Lord Abergavenny was born in 1826, the son of William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny and was educated at Eton College. On May 2 1848, he married Caroline Johnstone, granddaughter of Edward Harcourt, the then Archbishop of York and they had ten children:

*Lady Cicely Louisa Nevill (1851–1932), married Colonel Charles Gathorne-Hardy, son of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook.
*Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny (1853–1927)
*Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854–1938)
*Lord George Montacute Nevill (1856–1920), married Florence Soanes and had issue.
*Lady Alice Maud Nevill (1858–1898), married Colonel Henry Morland.
*Lord William Beauchamp Nevill (1860–1939), married Luisa del Campo Mello.
*Lord Richard Plantagenet Nevill (1862–1939), died unmarried.
*Lady Idina Mary Nevill (1865–1951), married Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey.
*Lady Rose Nevill (1866–1913), married Kenelm Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham and had issue.
*Lady Violet Nevill (1866–1910), married Henry Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley and had issue.

Lord Abergavenny gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1849 in the service of the 2nd Life Guards and was later honorary Colonel of the West Kent Yeomanry and Sussex Yeomanry. He was created 1st Marquess of Abergavenny and 1st Earl of Lewes on 14 January 1876, invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1886. Lord Abergavenny died in 1915 at Eridge Castle, Sussex and was buried there.


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