Reginald Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny

The Marquess of Abergavenny
Marquess of Abergavenny
Arms of the Marquess of Abergavenny
Tenure12 December 1915 – 13 October 1927
SuccessorHenry Nevill, 3rd Marquess
Other titles6th Earl of Abergavenny
2nd Earl of Lewes
6th Viscount Nevill
Born(1853-03-04)4 March 1853
Died13 October 1927(1927-10-13) (aged 74)
ParentsWilliam 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. One of his brothers was William Beauchamp Nevill.[1] He was educated at Eton.[2]

Career

Nevill never lived in Abergavenny. Besides the marquessate, he inherited the titles of Earl of Lewes, Viscount Nevill and Baron Bergavenny[1] He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Kent in 1880.[2] He was also a "staunch Conservative" and patron of 24 livings.[1] During his last years he was a "mentally afflicted" invalid, and "an inmate of a home in Cheshire".[1] He 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.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Reginald Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet or a bull’s head proper, charged with a rose gules.
Escutcheon
Gules a saltire argent, charged with a rose of the field, barbed and seeded proper.
Supporters
On either side a bull argent, pied sable, armed, unguled, collared and chained or, the latter terminating in a staple or.
Motto
Ne vile velis (Form no mean wish).
Badge
A rose gules, barbed and seeded proper.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Death of Marquess of Abergavenny: pathetic end of secluded life". Western Mail. British Newspaper Archive. 14 October 1927. p. 12 col.6. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 44.
  3. ^ Cokayne 1998, p. 8.
  4. ^ Burke's peerage, baronetage and knightage (107 ed.). 2003. p. 13. ISBN 0971196621.

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