George Nevill, 1st Baron Latymer

George Nevill, 1st Baron Latymer (* around 1407 , † December 30 or 31, 1469 ) was an English peer and politician .

Origin and family environment

On his father's side, George Nevill came from the most important English noble family in the 15th century, the originally Norman Neville family . Between 1450 and 1455, twelve other Nevills sat with him in the upper house. B. the Earls of Warwick , Salisbury , Kent and Westmorland . On his mother's side, he belonged to the equally old and influential Latymer family, because his relative was a daughter of a Baron Latymer, whose line had been appointed to the House of Lords as 1st Baron Latymer (1299) by Writ of Summons in 1299.

Political career

As the younger son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland , and Joan Beaufort , the legitimate daughter of John of Gaunts from the branch of the Dukes of Lancaster of the Plantagenets royal family , he had the best opportunities for a steep career. Related to King Henry VI. and the powerful Earl of Warrick , the so-called 'kingmaker', he entered the service of the king and was knighted by him in 1426 . Since the old barony of Latymer (1299) had fallen between several female heirs in Abeyance due to the lack of male heirs , King Henry VI appointed him. on February 25, 1432 as the new Baron Latymer in the House of Lords , but not iure uxoris , as it would have been possible, but in his own right. In this way he became 1st Baron Latymer of the creation of 1432 - like the other two Latymer baronies a barony by writ . Henry VI. appointed him 'trier of petitions', a kind of investigator into petitions raised by subjects. In 1434 the king had him as Commissioner of Array of York , an office that had to deal with the drafting of the contingent. After completing this task, the king appointed him commander-in-chief of the troops raised against the Scots; he was also a member of the Commission for the Peace Negotiations with Scotland in 1437. George Nevill was a member of the Privy Council since 1439.

George Nevill became insane from 1451 and although he probably also had lucida intervalla, his brother, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury , took over the trusteeship of his lands. He was married since February 1436 to Elisabeth Beauchamp , daughter of Elizabeth Berkeley, 4th Baroness Lisle . He died on December 30 or 31, 1469, followed by his son and heir before him, his grandson Richard Nevill as 2nd Baron Latymer.

literature

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The Complete Peerage, Volume VII, Alan Sutton, London, 1982, p. 479.
2. ↑ Article Latymer I and Latymer II, both from 1299, in The Complete Peerage, Volume VII)
3. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume VII, Alan Sutton, London, 1982, p. 480.
4. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume VII, Alan Sutton, London, 1982, p. 481.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Latymer 1432-1469	Richard Nevill