The son of George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny and Mary Gifford, daughter of Thomas Gifford and Anne Brooksby, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father.
He was raised by his widowed mother, who remarried Sir Charles Shelley, 2nd Baronet; Shelley died in 1681.[1] George came from an openly recusant family on both sides.
During the Popish Plot, given the long imprisonment of the "Five Catholic Lords" on fabricated charges of treason, and the fact that George was closely related to the Vaux and Brooksby families, who had been deeply implicated in the Gunpowder Plot,[2] his mother understandably became concerned about his safety, and in 1678 she took him to live abroad for a time.[3] She was no doubt also concerned for her own safety, as the House of Lords had questioned her servants about her allegedly treasonable dealings. To her dismay, when she pleaded that due to the privilege of peerage her servants were not answerable to any Court, the Lords, in defiance of all the precedents, ruled that privilege of peerage did not extend to recusants.[4]
george, nevill, 12th, baron, bergavenny, george, nevill, facto, 12th, jure, baron, bergavenny, april, 1665, march, 1695, english, peer, george, nevillebaron, bergavennyborn21, april, 1665died26, march, 1695noble, familyhouse, nevillespouse, honora, belasysefat. George Nevill de facto 12th de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny 21 April 1665 26 March 1695 was an English peer George NevilleBaron BergavennyBorn21 April 1665Died26 March 1695Noble familyHouse of NevilleSpouse s Honora BelasyseFatherGeorge Nevill 11th Baron BergavennyMotherMary Gifford The son of George Nevill 11th Baron Bergavenny and Mary Gifford daughter of Thomas Gifford and Anne Brooksby he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father He was raised by his widowed mother who remarried Sir Charles Shelley 2nd Baronet Shelley died in 1681 1 George came from an openly recusant family on both sides During the Popish Plot given the long imprisonment of the Five Catholic Lords on fabricated charges of treason and the fact that George was closely related to the Vaux and Brooksby families who had been deeply implicated in the Gunpowder Plot 2 his mother understandably became concerned about his safety and in 1678 she took him to live abroad for a time 3 She was no doubt also concerned for her own safety as the House of Lords had questioned her servants about her allegedly treasonable dealings To her dismay when she pleaded that due to the privilege of peerage her servants were not answerable to any Court the Lords in defiance of all the precedents ruled that privilege of peerage did not extend to recusants 4 George married Honora Belasyse daughter of John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse and his third wife Lady Anne Paulet He died on 26 March 1695 His mother who had outlived her son and two husbands died in 1699 5 As he died without issue the Barony passed to his 2nd cousin once removed also named George Nevill References edit Cokayne The Complete Peerage 1910 1959 Reprinted Gloucester Vol 1 p 38 Fraser Antonia The Gunpowder Plot Terror and Faith in 1605 Weidenfeld amp Nicolson 1997 p 270 Kenyon J P The Popish Plot Phoenix Press reissue 2000 p 257 Kenyon p 256 Cokayne p 38 Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byGeorge Nevill Baron Bergavenny1666 1695 Succeeded byGeorge Nevill nbsp This biography of a baron or baroness in the Peerage of England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Nevill 12th Baron Bergavenny amp oldid 1102150194, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
