George Neville | |
Baron Bergavenny | |
Birth Date: | 1440 |
Death Date: | 20 September 1492 (about 52) |
Spouse: | Margaret Fenn Elizabeth Brent |
Issue: | George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny John Neville William Neville Sir Edward Neville Sir Thomas Neville Sir Richard Neville Elizabeth Neville |
Noble Family: | House of Neville |
Father: | Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
Mother: | Elizabeth Beauchamp |
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1440 – 20 September 1492), was an English nobleman.
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the king, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenn (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenn, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:[2]
He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brent. She was the widow, successively, of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Basett and John Stokker. There were no issue with his second marriage.[2]
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]