Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny

Mary Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny DCVO (20 October 1915[1] – 22 February 2005) was a friend and Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II.

The Most Honourable

The Marchioness of Abergavenny

DCVO
Born
Mary Patricia Harrison

20 October 1915
Died22 February 2005(2005-02-22) (aged 89)
OccupationLady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II
Spouse
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(m. 1938; died 2000)​
Children
  • Lady Anne Whiteley
  • Lady Vivienne Lillingston
  • Lady Jane Nevill
  • Henry Nevill, Earl of Lewes
  • Lady Rose Clowes
Parent(s)John Harrison
Hon. Margery Levy-Lawson

Life

She was born Mary Patricia Harrison, the daughter of John Harrison of King’s Walden, and his wife, Hon. Margaret Harrison, a daughter of William Levy-Lawson, 3rd Baron Burnham.[2]

On 4 January 1938, she married the John Nevill, Earl of Lewes, who inherited his father's title of Marquess of Abergavenny in 1954, whereupon Patricia became Marchioness of Abergavenny.[2] They had five children:

  • Lady Anne Patricia Nevill (b. 25 October 1938), married Captain Martin Whiteley and had issue.
  • Lady Vivienne Margaret Nevill (15 February 1941 – 10 September 2018), married Alan Lillingston and had issue.
  • Lady Jane Elizabeth Nevill (1944–1946), died in infancy.
  • Henry John Montague Nevill, Earl of Lewes (1948–1965), educated at Eton, died without issue.[3]
  • Lady Rose Nevill (b. 15 July 1950); a bridesmaid at the wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones. Lady Rose married George Clowes and had issue.

In 1960 it was suggested to her father (who lived at King's Walden and was a neighbour to the Strathmores' home of St. Paul's Walden Bury) that she become an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen; and she held this position from 1960 to 1966. She then became a full Lady of the Bedchamber from 1966 until her retirement in 1987, when she reverted to an Extra Lady until her death.[2]

Death

The Marchioness of Abergavenny died on 22 February 2005, aged 89.[4]

Honours

In 1970, Lady Abergavenny was appointed CVO and in 1981 DCVO. In 1969, she received the Grand Decoration in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria.[5][6]

Notes
  1. "Abergavenny, Marchioness of; Mary Patricia Nevill". Who's Who 1998 : an Annual Biographical Dictionary. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. p. 3. ISBN 0312175914.
  2. Mary Patricia Harrison at thepeerage.com (accessed 18 April 2008)
  3. Cokayne, George E.; Hammond, Peter W. (1982–1998). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. XIV. Gloucester: A. Sutton. p. 8. ISBN 0-904387-82-8. OCLC 9464943.
  4. Death Announcements in The Daily Telegraph dated 25 February 2005
  5. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 275. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. Reference to Mary Patricia, Marchioness of Abergavenny, DCVO, thegazette.co.uk; accessed 27 March 2016.
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