Reginald Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny

The Marquess of Abergavenny
Arms of the Marquess of Abergavenny
Born (1853-03-04)4 March 1853
Died 13 October 1927(1927-10-13) (aged 74)
Title Marquess of Abergavenny
Tenure 12 December 1915 – 13 October 1927
Other titles 6th Earl of Abergavenny
2nd Earl of Lewes
6th Viscount Nevill
Successor Henry Nevill, 3rd Marquess
Parents William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
Caroline Vanden-Bempdé Johnstone

Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny JP (4 March 1853 – 13 October 1927), styled Viscount Nevill between 1868 and 1876 and Earl of Lewes between 1876 and 1915, was a British peer.

Early life

Nevill was the eldest son of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, by Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton.[1]

Career

He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Kent in 1880.[1] Lord Abergavenny died at Cheadle Royal, Cheshire, on 13 October 1927, aged 74. He was buried at Eridge Castle on 17 October. He never married and was succeeded in the marquessate by his younger brother, Lord Henry Nevill.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Cokayne 1910, p. 44.
  2. ↑ Cokayne 1998, p. 8.

References

  • Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary, ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press.
  • Cokayne, George E. (1998). Hammond, Peter W., ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. XIV, Addenda and Corrigenda. London: Sutton Publishing. pp. 3–4.


Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Nevill		 Marquess of Abergavenny
1915–1927		 Succeeded by
Henry Nevill
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