About Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny
Born 1955. Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny is a British farmer and aristocrat.
Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny, (born 23 April 1955 ) is a British hereditary peer and current head of the House of Neville.
Early life and education Abergavenny was born at Uckfield House, Uckfield, Sussex, the second son of Lord Rupert Nevill (1923–1982) and his wife, Lady Camilla Anne Evelyn Wallop (1925–2023), daughter of Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth. His parents were close friends of the royal family. His grandfather Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny had died the year before his birth and was succeeded by his uncle John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914–2000). In 1965, his uncle's only son, Henry, Earl of Lewes, died of acute anemia at age 17, making Lord Rupert the heir presumptive to the marquessate.
He was educated at Harrow.
Later life Abergavenny succeeded to the marquessate and its subsidiary titles upon the death of his uncle, John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, on 23 February 2000.
Abergavenny was made Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex in 2011.
Before moving into the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Julian Assange was living in a cottage on Abergavenny's estate in Kent.
George Rupert Gerard Nevill (27 June 1990 - 15 September 1990) Lady Sophie Alice Augusta Nevill (born 27 June 1990)
Lady Sophie is a musician who goes by the stage name Sophie Trilby.
Honours 55px 25 May 2011: Officer (Brother) of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (OStJ). 55px 27 July 2005: Serving Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
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Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny was born on 23 April 1955.
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Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny is a farmer and aristocrat.
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