HENRY NEVILLE, fifth Earl or Westmorland, [Son of Ralph Neville, fourth Earl],
was born in 1525.1 He was knighted in 1544, succeeded to the title in 1550, held a commission to divide the debatable land between England and
Scotland in 1551, was a privy councillor probably in 1552, and ambassador to Scotland in the same year. He became K.G. and lord-lieutenant of Durham on
May 1552.
He supported Mary on Edward VI's death, and bore the second sword and the cap of maintenance at
her coronation. He again had a commission to treat with Scotland in 1557, was general of horse in the northern army the same year, and from 22 Jan. 1558
to 25 Dec. 1559 was lieutenant-general of the north, probably in succession to the more usual appointment of warden of the west marches. He strangely
appears as an ecclesiastical commissioner in 1560. He died in August 1563.
He married, first, according to Doyle [Official Baronage], 3 July 1536, when he was only eleven years old, Lady Jane Manners, second daughter of
Thomas, first earl of Rutland; secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir Roger Cholmeley; and, thirdly, her sister Margaret, widow of
Sir Henry Gascoigne. Charles Neville, 6th earl, the eldest son by the first wife,
is separately noticed.
1. cf. Letters and Papers, Henry VIII, IV. ii.4891.
Source:
Archbold, W. A. J. "Henry Neville, fifth Earl of Westmorland."
The Dictionary of National Biography. Vol XIV. Sidney Lee, Ed.
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1909. 278-279..
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