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George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c. 1440 – 20 September 1492), was an English nobleman.
Career
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471, after fighting for the king, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Marriages and issue
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: 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. Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.
Ancestry
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