Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Honourable |
The Marquess of Abergavenny | |
Birth Name: | Christopher George Charles Nevill |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1955 |
Parents: | Lord Rupert Nevill Lady Camilla Anne Evelyn Wallop |
Issue: | George Rupert Gerard Nevill (deceased) Lady Sophie Alice Augusta Nevill |
Tenure: | 23 February 2000–present |
Other Titles: | 10th Earl of Abergavenny 6th Earl of Lewes 10th Viscount Nevill 26th Baron Abergavenny |
Marquess of Abergavenny | |
Predecessor: | John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny |
Residence: | Eridge Park |
Nationality: | British |
Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny, (born 23 April 1955[1] [2]) is a British hereditary peer and current head of the House of Neville.
Abergavenny is the second and only surviving son of the late Lord Rupert Nevill and his wife Lady Camilla Anne Evelyn Wallop, daughter of Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth. He was educated at Harrow.[3] [4]
Abergavenny succeeded to the marquessate and its subsidiary titles upon the death of his uncle, John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, on 23 February 2000.
Abergavenny was made Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex in 2011.
Before moving into the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Julian Assange was living in a cottage on Abergavenny's estate in Kent.[4]
In 1985, Abergavenny married Venetia Jane Gerard. In 1990 they had twins:[3] [5]
Lady Sophie is a musician who goes by the stage name Sophie Trilby.[4]
There are no heirs to the marquessate. The heir presumptive to the Abergavenny earldom is the present marquess's third cousin, David Michael Ralph Nevill.