Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland

Ralph Neville
Earl of Westmorland Baron Neville de Raby Lord of Richmond
Effigy of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Staindrop Church
Spouse(s)	Margaret Stafford Joan Beaufort
Issue See Sir John Neville Sir Ralph Neville Lady Maud Neville Lady Alice Neville Lady Philippa Neville Lady Elizabeth Neville Lady Anne Neville Lady Margaret Neville Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Henry Neville Thomas Neville Cuthbert Neville Robert Neville, Bishop of Salisbury William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent John Neville George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny Lady Joan Neville Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk Eleanor Percy, Countess of Northumberland Anne Neville Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Noble family	House of Neville
Father	John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby
Mother	Maud Percy
Born	c.1364
Died	21 October 1425

Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby,KG PC Earl Marshal (c. 1364 – 21 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.

Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, and Maud Percy (d. before 18 February 1379), daughter of Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick, Northumberland, by Idoine de Clifford, daughter of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. Neville had a younger brother, and five sisters:

Neville's father married secondly, before 9 October 1381, Elizabeth Latimer (d. 5 November 1395), daughter of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer. By his father's second marriage Neville had a brother and sister of the half blood:

Neville's first military service was in Brittany under King Richard II's uncle, , who knighted him at Saint-Omer in July 1380. On 14 November 1381 he and his cousin, Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, were commissioned to preside over a duel between an Englishman and a Scot, and on 1 December 1383 he and his father were commissioned to receive from the Scots 24,000 marks for the ransom of King David. On 26 October 1385 he was appointed joint governor of Carlisle with Sir Thomas Clifford, and on 27 March 1386 was appointed, together with Clifford, joint Warden of the West March.