George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny

Who was George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny?

George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny was an English Peer.

Baptised at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster, England, on 14 July 1727, he was the oldest son of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny, and Katharine Tatton and the godson of King George II.

On 5 February 1753, he married Henrietta Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham. Henrietta Pelham was the widow of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham. Their first son, Henry Nevill was born two years later. He was followed by a sister, Lady Henrietta Nevill, the following year. In 1760, their son George Henry Nevill was born.

On 17 May 1784, Lord Bergavenny was created Earl of Abergavenny and Viscount Nevill. He died the next year and was succeeded by his son Henry. He had grandchildren through the marriage of his daughter to Sir John Berney, 7th Baronet, and that of his son, then Reverend Honorable George Henry Nevill, to Carolina Walpole, daughter of Richard Walpole.