Baron Bergavenny - Traditional Male-line Succession

Traditional Male-line Succession

The succession to the notional male-line Barony of Bergavenny as it was generally assumed to be at the time was as follows:

  • Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny (d. 1476) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (1440–1492) (de jure 4th and 2nd Baron)
  • George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1535) (de jure 5th and 3rd Baron)
  • Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1587) (de jure 6th and 4th Baron)
  • Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1589)
  • Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny (1551–1622) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1641) (de jure 2nd Baron)
  • John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny (1614–1662) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1666)
  • George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny (1665–1695) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1721) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny (1702–1723) (de jure 2nd Baron)
  • Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1724) (de jure 3rd Baron)
  • William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1744) (de jure 1st Baron)
  • George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, 17th Baron Bergavenny (1727–1785) (de jure 2nd Baron) (created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784)
  • Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, 18th Baron Bergavenny (1755–1843) (de jure 3rd Baron)
  • John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 19th Baron Bergavenny (1789–1845) (de jure 4th Baron)
  • William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, 20th Baron Bergavenny (1792–1868) (de jure 5th Baron)
  • William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, 21st Baron Bergavenny (1826–1915) (de jure 6th Baron)
  • Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny, 22nd Baron Bergavenny (1853–1927) (de jure 7th Baron)
  • Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, 23rd Baron Bergavenny (1854–1938) (de jure 8th Baron)
  • Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny, 24th Baron Bergavenny (1883–1954)
  • John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, 25th Baron Bergavenny (1914–2000)

On the death of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny in 2000, the pretense that the Barony of Bergavenny descended to heirs male was finally dropped, and so the 6th Marquess of Abergavenny does not claim to hold it.

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