William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (28 June 1792 – 17 August 1868), styled Hon. William Nevill until 1845, was a British peer and clergyman. The fourth son of Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he was ordained in 1816 and occupied two of the family livings until 1844. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Abergavenny the following year.
He married Caroline Leeke (d. 9 May 1873) on 7 September 1824,[1] daughter of Ralph Leeke of Longford Hall, Shropshire,[5] and they had the following children:
Lady Isabel Mary Frances Nevill (1831–1915), married on 23 January 1854 Rev. Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh and had issue
Hon. Ralph Pelham Nevill (1832–1914), married on 12 July 1860 Louisa Marianne, daughter of Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet, and had issue
Nevill died on 17 August 1868 at Birling Manor,[5] and was buried there on 25 August.[6] He was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son William.[5]
Notes
^CCED calls him the vicar, but all other sources seem to refer to his as the rector.
^Cokayne and others report that he was chaplain to King William IV, but his name does not appear in Bucholz's list of chaplains in the royal household.