Reginald Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny

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.

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

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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Reginald Neville, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny