The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Abergavenny (Great Britain, 1784), Earl of Lewes (U.K., 1876) and Viscount Nevill (Great Britain, 1784).
One of the best known of English noble families, the Nevilles, acquired the title and estates of the Barony of Abergavenny when the honour was bestowed upon Edward Nevill, who was summoned to parliament under this title in 1450. Edward Nevill was the youngest son of the 1st Earl of Westmoreland, by Joan Beaufort, the daughter of John of Gaunt. Nevill married the heiress of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, whose father had inherited the castle and estate of Abergavenny, and was summoned to parliament in 1392 as the Lord Bergavenny. The Barony of Bergavenny fell into abeyance on the death of the 5th Marquess in 2000.
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)
Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny (1883-1954)
John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914-2000)
Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (b. 1955)
There is no heir to the Marquessatate of Abergavenny and the Earldom of Lewes.
Heir Presumptive to the Earldom of Abergavenny and Viscountcy of Nevill: John Robert Ralph Nevill (great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Abergavenny)
WESTMORLAND Ralph Neville, 4th Baron Neville of Raby, and 1st earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, and his wife Maud Percy (see Neville, Family), was knighted by Thomas of Woodstock, afterwards duke of Gloucester, during the French expedition of 1380, and succeeded to his father's barony in 1388.
The earl died on the 21st of October 1425, and a fine alabaster tomb was erected to his memory in Staindrop church close by Raby Castle.
Charles, 6th earl (1543-1601), eldest son of the 5th earl by his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Manners, ist earl of Rutland, was brought up a Roman Catholic, and was further attached to the Catholic party by his marriage with Jane, daughter of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey.
Abergavenny, often known as 'Aber' to the locals, was the Roman Gobannium, a small fort guarding the road along the valley of the Usk for keeping the peace among the hill tribes.
He married the heiress of Richard, Earl of Worcester, whose father had inherited the castle and estate of Abergavenny, and was summoned in 1392 to parliament as Lord Bergavenny.
Abergavenny is twinned with Oestringen in Germany, Beaupreau in France and Sarno in Italy.
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