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