George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny
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George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, by Hans Holbein the Younger (collection of the Earls of Pembroke)
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| Spouse(s) | Joan FitzAlan Margaret Brent Mary Stafford Mary Brooke |
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Issue
Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny
John Nevill Thomas Nevill Elizabeth Nevill Jane Nevill Mary Nevill Katherine Nevill Margaret Nevill Dorothy Nevill Ursula Nevill daughter whose name is unknown |
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| Noble family | House of Nevill |
| Father | George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny |
| Mother | Margaret Fenn |
| Born | c.1469 |
| Died | June 1535 |
| Buried | Birling, Kent |
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny KG, PC (c.1469 – 1535), the family name often written Neville, was an English nobleman and courtier who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
He was the son of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (died 20 September 1492) and his first wife, Margaret (died 28 September 1485), daughter of Hugh Fenn, Under-Treasurer of England.
His younger brother Sir Thomas Nevill was a trusted councillor of King Henry VIII and Speaker of the House of Commons. His youngest brother, the courtier Sir Edward Nevill, was executed by Henry in 1538 for treason.
As a second cousin of the new Queen, Anne Nevill, he attended the coronation of King Richard III in 1483 when, despite his young age, he was knighted. Having succeeded to his father's peerage and estates in 1492, he achieved prominence fighting against the Cornish rebels in 1497 at the Battle of Blackheath. In 1497 he took his place in the House of Lords and became involved in national affairs, being appointed to the privy council and in regular attendance at court. However, in 1506 he fell into serious trouble for keeping an illegal private army, being fined the immense amount of 100,000 pounds and subjected to a travel ban. When Henry VIII became king in 1509, the fine was cancelled and a pardon granted. By 1512, he was back on the council and in 1513 was elected to the Order of the Garter. In that year he served in the expedition to capture Tournai and then to relieve Guînes.
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