Biography of John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny 1914-2000

John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].

John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny educated at Eton College [Map].

On 30th March 1909 [his father] Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 25) and [his mother] Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 18) were married.

On 8th November 1914 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny was born to [his father] Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 31) and [his mother] Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 24).

On 3rd October 1933 [his brother-in-law] John Digby Pepys 7th Earl of Cottenham (age 26) and [his sister] Angela Neville Countess Cottenham (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 50) and [his mother] Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 43). He the son of Kenelm Charles Pepys 4th Earl of Cottenham and Rose Neville Countess Cottentham. They were first cousin once removed.

On 4th January 1938 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 23) and Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 22) were married. He the son of Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 54) and Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 47).

The Times. 5th January 1938. MR. J. NEVILL (age 23) AND [his wife] MISS HARRISON (age 22).

The Duke (age 37) and Duchess of Gloucester (age 36) have sent a silver condiments set to Mr. John Nevill, Life Guards, elder son of [his father] Major (age 54) and [his mother] Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevill (age 47), of Uckfield House, and Miss Patricia Harrison, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, of Kings Walden Bury, Hitchin, whose marriage took place yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. G. S. Shackleford officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Dunford. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory-tinted panne velvet, embossed with sprays of silver flowers. The bodice was fashioned with a square neckline and long sleeves, slightly full at the shoulder, and the square train was lined with silver tissue. A headdress of silver-tipped doves' wings surmounted her long tulle veil, and she carried a spray of mixed white flowers. A retinue of six little girls and four pages folowed the bride. They were Penelope Harrison (sister of the bride), the Hon. Clare Beckett, Marye Pepys (niece of the bridegroom), Margaret Rosselli, Caroline Bury, Joanna Spencer, Hugh Lawson (cousin of the bride), David Myddelton (cousin of the bridegroom), Thomas Pilkington (nephew of the bride), and Charles Smith-Bingham. The pages wore replicas of the uniform of the Life Guards of the early nineteenth century, and the little girls wore long frocks of silver lame, the high-waisted bodices cut with short, puff sleeves, and square necks. They wore caps of silver lame, trimmed with white fur, and carried white fur muffs. Lord Roderic Pratt (age 22), Life Guards, was best man, and there was a guard of honour from the same regiment. The Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison afterwards held a reception at 28, Grosvenor Square, W1. The honeymoon wil be spent in Switzerland.

On 10th January 1938 Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny (age 83) died. His nephew [his father] Guy (age 54) succeeded 4th Marquess Abergavenny, 8th Earl Abergavenny, 8th Viscount Neville, 4th Earl Lewes. Baron Abergavenny abeyant between David George Pratt 6th Marquess Camden (age 7) and Delaval Thomas Harold Astley 23rd Baron Hastings. [his mother] Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 47) by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.

Before 25th October 1938 [his daughter] Anne Patricia Neville was born to John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 23) and [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 23).

Before 15th February 1941 [his daughter] Vivienne Margaret Neville was born to John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 26) and [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 25).

On 19th July 1943 Mark Everard Pepys 6th Earl of Cottenham (age 40) without male issue. [his brother-in-law] John Digby Pepys 7th Earl of Cottenham (age 36) succeeded 7th Earl of Cottenham, 7th Viscount Crowhurst of Crowhurst in Surrey, 7th Baron Cottenham of Cottenham in Cambridgshire, 9th Baronet Pepys of Wimpole Street, 10th Baronet Pepys of Brook Street. [his sister] Angela Neville Countess Cottenham (age 33) by marriage Countess of Cottenham.

In 1944 [his daughter] Jane Elizabeth Neville was born to John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 29) and [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 28).

In 1948 [his son] John Montague Neville was born to John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 32).

Before 15th July 1950 [his daughter] Rose Neville was born to John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 35) and [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 34).

On 5th November 1953 [his mother] Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 63) died.

On 30th March 1954 [his father] Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 70) died. His son John (age 39) succeeded 5th Marquess Abergavenny, 9th Earl Abergavenny, 9th Viscount Neville, 5th Earl Lewes. [his wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 38) by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.

In 1965 [his son] John Montague Neville (age 17) died.

In 1974 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 59) was appointed 951st Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 47).

In 1980 [his sister] Angela Neville Countess Cottenham (age 70) died.

On 23rd February 2000 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 85) died. His nephew Christopher (age 44) succeeded 6th Marquess Abergavenny, 10th Earl Abergavenny, 10th Viscount Neville, 6th Earl Lewes. Venetia Maynard Marchioness Abergavenny (age 42) by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.

On 22nd February 2005 [his former wife] Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 89) died.