William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny

William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (28 June 1792 – 17 August 1868), styled Hon. William Nevill until 1845, was a British peer and clergyman. The fourth son of Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he was ordained in 1816 and occupied two of the family livings until 1844. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Abergavenny the following year.

The Earl of Abergavenny
Born28 June 1792
Died17 August 1868
Noble familyHouse of Neville
Spouse(s)Caroline Leeke
Issue
William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
Lady Caroline Emily Nevill
Lady Henrietta Augusta Nevill
Lady Isabel Mary Frances Nevill
Hon Ralph Pelham Nevill
FatherHenry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny
MotherMary Robinson

Career

Nevill was born on 28 June 1792, the fourth son of Henry Neville, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, and his wife Mary Robinson. He was baptised on 2 August 1792 at Isleworth, Middlesex.[1] Nevill was educated at Uckfield, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 22 October 1812,[2] and was admitted fellow-commoner at Magdalene College, Cambridge on 29 March 1816, receiving his MA the same year.[3] He was ordained as a deacon on 21 July 1816. On 1 November 1816, he was appointed rector[lower-alpha 1] of the family living of Birling, Kent, and on 23 September 1818, to the vicarage of Frant, Sussex, which his elder brother John had vacated for him.[4][lower-alpha 2] He resigned his livings in 1844 and succeeded his unmarried elder brother, John, as Earl of Abergavenny in 1845.

Family

He married Caroline Leeke (d. 9 May 1873) on 7 September 1824,[1] daughter of Ralph Leeke of Longford Hall, Shropshire,[5] and they had the following children:

Nevill died on 17 August 1868 at Birling Manor,[5] and was buried there on 25 August.[6] He was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son William.[5]

Notes
  1. CCED calls him the vicar, but all other sources seem to refer to his as the rector.
  2. Cokayne and others report that he was chaplain to King William IV, but his name does not appear in Bucholz's list of chaplains in the royal household.

Citations
  1. Cokayne 1910, p. 43.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Nevill, William (4)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. "Nevill, the Hon. William (NVL816W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Clergy of the Church of England Database". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. Cokayne 1910, p. 44.
  6. "Baptism, marriage, death and burial certificates relating to the Neville family". The National Archives. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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References
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Nevill		 Earl of Abergavenny
1845–1868		 Succeeded by
William Nevill
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