Lieutenant Colonel, Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854 – 1938)
Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (Auckland 1880 – 1952)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1930 (inscribed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
914 x 737 mm (36 x 29 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland
NT 1276712
Caption
This picture was painted for the sitter’s daughter, Marguerite, who had married Albert, 21st Lord Hastings in 1907. It seems that the artist intended the picture to look unfinished. The sitter was the second son of William Nevill, 1st Marquess, by Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Bt. He was Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army reserves, a Major in the Sussex Imperial Yeomanry, and Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex. He succeeded to the marquessate in October 1927, aged 73, on the death of his brother, who died without children. His first wife, Violet Streatfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Dorrien Streatfield, bore him three children. His second wife, Maud Augusta Beckett-Denison, bore him Marguerite. He had no children with his third wife, his first cousin, Mary Frances Nevill. He died falling from his horse whilst out hunting. He had no male heir and the title passed to his nephew, Major Guy Larnach-Nevill.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lieutenant Colonel, Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854 – 1938) by Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, MC (Auckland 1880 – 1952), inscribed, bottom left: To Lady Hastings / from Oswald Birley 1930. A half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing a suit and tie.
Full description
Second son of William Nevill, 1st Marquess, by Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Bt. He was Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army reserves, a Major in the Sussex Imperial Yeomanry, and Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex. He succeeded to the marquessate in October 1927, aged 73, on the death of his brother, who died without issue. His first wife, Violet Streatfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Dorrien Streatfield, bore him three issue. His daughter, Marguerite, by his second wife, Maud Augusta Beckett-Denison, married Albert, 21st Lord Hastings in 1907. He had no children with his third wife, his first cousin, Mary Frances Nevill. He died falling from his horse whilst out hunting. He had no male heir and the title passed to his nephew, Major Guy Larnach-Nevill.
Provenance
accepted in lieu of tax by H.M.Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 2009
Credit line
Seaton Delaval, The Hastings Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: To Lady Hastings / from Oswald Birley 1930
Makers and roles
Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (Auckland 1880 – 1952), artist