Marquess of Abergavenny
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Marquess of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes, in the County of Sussex, for the 5th Earl of Abergavenny.
The 1st Marquess's ancestor, the 17th Baron Abergavenny, was created Earl of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, and Viscount Nevill, of Birling in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of Great Britain on 17 May 1784. The Barony of Abergavenny was held by his successors, the Earls and Marquesses of Abergavenny, until 2000, when it passed into abeyance between the three surviving daughters of the 5th Marquess.
The title is pronounced "Abergenny", though the town of Abergavenny to which it refers is pronounced as it is spelt.
Eridge Castle is the seat of the Marquesses of Abergavenny. Eridge is 38 miles south of London.
[edit] 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) (became Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876)
[edit] Marquesses of Abergavenny (1876)
- William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (1826–1915)
- Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny (1853–1927)
- Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854–1938)
- Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny (1883–1954)
- John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914–2000)
- Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (b. 1955)
There is no heir to the Marquessate of Abergavenny and the Earldom of Lewes.
Heir Presumptive to the Earldom of Abergavenny and Viscountcy of Nevill: David Michael Ralph Nevill (great-grandnephew of the 1st Marquess of Abergavenny)
[edit] References
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
