Background
Nevill was the son of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Rachel Lennard, daughter of John Lennard.
Nevill was the son of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Rachel Lennard, daughter of John Lennard.
He was educated at Queens" College, Cambridge in 1586 and was awarded Bachelor in 1589.
He was incorporated at Oxford University and awarded Master of Arts in 1594. He then travelled abroad and was at Venice in July 1594 where he was approached by English Catholics. In 1596 he served at Cadiz under the Earl of Essex and was knighted.
In June 1597 he was licensed to travel abroad for two years with Thomas Sackville, son of Lord Buckhurst.
Buckhurst and Nevill owned several iron foundries between them, and by December 1596 they had a patent which gave them a monopoly in the production of ordnance. During this parliament Nevill"s patent was mentioned during an attack on monopolies.
Nevill is mentioned sitting on a committee considering penal laws on 2 November. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lewes.
In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton and sat until 1622 when he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father.
Nevill died in 1641. Nevill married firstly Lady Mary Sackville, daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, with whom he had the following children:
Sir Thomas Nevill (b bef 1610–1628)
Cecily Nevill (b bef 1641)
Anne Nevill (b bef 1641)
Elizabeth Nevill (b bef 1641)
Mary Nevill (b bef 1641)
John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny (c1614–1662)
George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny (b bef 1641–1666)
Frances Nevill (b bef 1641)
Catherine Nevill (b bef 1641) married Sir Robert Howard
Elizabeth Nevill (b bef 1641) married 1651 Thomas Stoner {1626-1683}-a descendant of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer.
In 1601 Nevill was elected Member of Parliament for Kent.
