John Neeld

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Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet (1805–1891) was Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1835 and 1859, and Chippenham, Wiltshire, England between 1865 and 1868.[1]

Early life and career[]

Neeld was one of five sons of Joseph Neeld (1754–1828) and his wife Mary (née Bond) (1765–1857), of Hendon, Middlesex.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a B.A. in 1827 and an M.A. three years later.[3][4]

In 1840 he was a founder member of the Conservative Club[5] and in 1845 married Lady Eliza Harriet Dickson, setting up home in London.[4] The same year he was appointed to the office of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Victoria,[4][6] for which service he was created 1st Baronet Neeld and became entitled to the style "Sir John Neeld" on 20 April 1859.[7]

In 1852 he was offered the position of Junior Lord of the Treasury by Lord Derby, but refused.[4]

Neeld became a major landowner in Wiltshire, having inherited from his brother Joseph in 1856; in 1872 he was High Sheriff of the county.[4]

Death and legacy[]

Neeld died on 3 September 1891 at Grittleton House, Wiltshire.[3]

His son Algernon William (11 June 1846 – 11 August 1900)[8] inherited the baronetcy; on his death his son, Audley Dallas Neeld, became the 3rd Baronet and inherited Rembrandt's self-portrait of 1669, today in the Mauritshuis.[9] On the Audley's death on 1 May 1941 the title was extinguished.[7]

John Neeld's daughter Ada Mary (b. 11 June 1846[10]),[8] twin sister of Algernon,[10] married General Sir George Harry Smith Willis, a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1880s, and they went on to have four sons.[11] Lady Ada Mary Willis (née Neeld) opened the Southsea Railway on 1 July 1885, as her husband was the Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth at the time.[12][13][14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sir John Neeld (Hansard)". Hansard. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Notable Neelds". notableneelds.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Neeld, John (NLT823J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b c d e Pratt, Tony. "Alderton" (PDF). Lackham Country Park. Retrieved 12 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "St. James's Street, West Side, Existing Buildings". British History Online. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Lot 648: A Victorian statuary marble bust of Sir John Neeld MP - Featured on Artfact.com". www.artfact.com. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Baronets: N". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ a b https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/o/n/Reg-Bond/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0118.html
  9. ^ "Details: Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1669". Mauritshuis. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b https://www.myheritage.com/names/ada_neeld
  11. ^ (Oxford) Dictionary of National Biography. Sup. Vol III (1901), pp 515–516
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090501222359/http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/royal_garrison/willis.htm
  13. ^ "Southsea Railway, Fratton". www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ "General Sir George Willis – Lt. Governor, Portsmouth (1884–1889)". History in Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cricklade
1835 – 1859
With: Robert Gordon to 1837
Ambrose Goddard 1837–1841
Henry Thomas Howard 1841–1847
Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard from 1847 		Succeeded by
Lord Ashley
Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Chippenham
1865 – 1868
With: Gabriel Goldney 		Succeeded by
Sir Gabriel Goldney
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Grittleton House, Wiltshire)
1859 – 1891 		Succeeded by


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