Marquess of Abergavenny

Marquessate of Abergavenny
Creation date	14 January 1876
Created by	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	William Nevill, 5th Earl of Abergavenny
Present holder	Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess
Heir apparent	None
Remainder to	the 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Abergavenny Earl of Lewes Viscount Nevill Baron Bergavenny (until 1938)

Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced 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 (pronounced "Lewis"), in the County of Sussex, for the 5th Earl of Abergavenny, a member of the Nevill family.

The 1st Marquess's ancestor, the de facto 17th (de jure 2nd) Baron Bergavenny, 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 Bergavenny was held by his successors, the Earls and Marquesses of Abergavenny, until 1938, when it passed into abeyance between the two daughters of the 3rd Marquess.

The 6th and present Marquess is Christopher George Charles Nevill (b. 23 April 1955), the son of the late Lord Rupert Charles Montecute Nevill and Lady Ann Camilla Evelyn Wallop. He succeeded to the title in 2000 on the death of his uncle the 5th Marquess who had no surviving sons.

Eridge Castle is the seat of the Marquesses of Abergavenny. Eridge is 38 miles south of London.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Marquesses of Abergavenny is: Gules a saltire argent charged with a rose of the field. This can be translated as: a white saltire with a red rose, all over a red background.

Earls of Abergavenny (1784)

• George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny (1727–1785)
• Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (1755–1843)
  • Henry George Nevill, Viscount Nevill (1785–1806)
  • Ralph Nevill, Viscount Nevill (1786–1826)
• John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny (1789–1845)
• William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (1792–1868)
• William Nevill, 5th Earl of Abergavenny (1826–1915) (created Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876)

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)
  • Gilbert Reginald Nevill (1879–1891)
• Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny (1883–1954)
• John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914–2000)
  • Henry John Montague Nevill, Earl of Lewes (1948-1965)
• Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (b. 1955)

There is no heir to the marquessate and the earldom of Lewes. The heir presumptive to the earldom of Abergavenny and viscountcy of Nevill is David Michael Ralph Nevill (b. 1941). He is the great-grandson of the Hon. Ralph Pelham Nevill, second son of the fourth Earl.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages