Richard Neville

Richard Neville (12 October 1655 – 1 July 1717) of Billingbear, Berkshire, was an English Whig politician, who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1710.

Early life

Neville was second but eldest surviving son of Richard Neville (1615–1676) of Billingbear House in Berkshire, and his wife Anne Heydon, daughter of Sir John Heydon of Baconthorpe, Norfolk. His father had been a gentleman of the privy chamber and colonel of the forces to Charles I. Neville was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1673 and inherited Billingbear on his father's death in 1678. He married Catharine Grey, daughter of Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke.

Death and legacy Neville died on 1 July 1717 and left three children: Grey Neville, Henry Neville, also MP and Catherine, the paternal grandmother of Richard Aldworth Neville, 2nd Baron Braybrooke