Marquess of Abergavenny

Earl of Abergavenny is a redirect to this article. For more meanings, see Earl of Abergavenny (disambiguation) .

Coat of arms of the Marquess of Abergavenny

Marquess of Abergavenny , in the County of Monmouth , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The name of the title refers to Abergavenny Castle in Wales .

The Marquesses' family home is Eridge Park in Rotherfield near Crowborough in East Sussex .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was given on January 14, 1876 for William Nevill, 5th Earl of Abergavenny . Together with the Marquessate he was awarded the subordinate title Earl of Lewes , in the County of Sussex .

From his father in 1868 he had inherited the titles Earl of Abergavenny , in the County of Monmouth, and Viscount Nevill , of Birling in the County of Kent , created for his great-grandfather in the Peerage of Great Britain on May 17, 1784 and henceforth subordinate .

List of the Marquesses and Earls of Abergavenny

Earls of Abergavenny (1784)

• George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny (1727–1785)
• Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (1755–1843)
• John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny (1789–1845)
• William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (1792–1868)
• William Nevill, 5th Earl of Abergavenny (1826–1915) (made Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876 )

Marquesses of Abergavenny (1876)

• William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (1826–1915)
• Reginald Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny (1853-1927)
• Henry Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854–1938)
• Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny (1883–1954)
• John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914-2000)
• Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (* 1955)

There is currently no title inheritance with regard to the marquessate.

See also

• Baron Bergavenny

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Abergavenny, Earl of (GB, 1784) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Abergavenny, Marquess of (UK, 1876) at Cracroft's Peerage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} London Gazette . No. 24283, HMSO, London, January 11, 1876, p. 99 ( PDF , English).
2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 12541, HMSO, London, May 8, 1784, p. 1 ( PDF , English).