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{{Short description|English farmer, local politician and local administrator}}
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'''Sir Henry Nicholas Nevile''', [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]], [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|KStJ]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (13 March 1920 – 20 October 1996) was an English farmer, local politician and local administrator, who served as [[Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire]] for twenty years.
== Life ==
Henry Nicholas Nevile was born on 13 March 1920, the elder son of Charles Joseph Nevile (1883–1930), of [[Wellingore]] in [[Lincolnshire]], and his wife Muriel Margaret, daughter of the diplomat Sir [[Nicholas Roderick O'Conor]], GCB, GCMG. His sister was the activist [[Mildred Mary Nevile]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Nevile, Mildred Mary (1927–2012), anti-poverty campaigner and human rights advocate|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-105574|access-date=2020-06-24|year=2016|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/105574|last1=Filochowski|first1=Julian|last2=Forbes|first2=Anne}}</ref> The elder Nevile was the third son of Ralph Henry Christopher Nevile, JP (1850–1911), who had been High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1883; the elder two sons both died childless—Geoffrey Henry Nevile, JP, in 1935, and Lt Hugh George Nevile in 1915 while fighting in World War I. As a result, Henry Nevile became heir to the estates in Wellingore and Auborn which his family had possessed since the 17th century.<ref>Townsend, P., ''Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', vol. 1 (1965), pp. 525–526</ref> In 1944, he married Jean Rosita Mary, [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], daughter of Cyril James Winceslas Torr; they had two sons and three daughters:<ref name="whwawh">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U180775 "Nevile, Sir Henry (Nicholas)"], ''Who Was Who'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, April 2014. Retrieved 15 Aug 2016.</ref> Sarah Rosita Mary (born 1945), Elizabeth Jane Mary (born 1947), Jill Gabriel Anne Mary (born 1950), Christopher James (born 1954), and Hugh Simon (born 1960).<ref>Townsend, P., ''Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', vol. 1 (1965), p. 525</ref>
Following schooling at [[Ampleforth College]], Nevile attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He served with the [[Scots Guards]] in Europe during [[World War II]]. His entry into public service came in 1950, when he was appointed a [[Justice of the Peace]]; two years later he became a member of the Upper [[River Witham|Witham]] Internal Drainage Board and he joined the Lincolnshire River Board and Authority in 1962, the same year he became a [[Deputy Lieutenant]]. In 1963, Nevile was appointed [[High Sheriff of Lincolnshire]] and the following year he became a County councillor for [[Kesteven]], serving until 1972. Also in 1964, Nevile became Chairman of the Upper Witham IDB; he remained in that role until 1976 and was a member until 1983, a year after he left the Lincolnshire River Board. Between 1975 and 1995, Nevile was [[Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire]], and, in 1985, he was appointed High Steward of [[Lincoln Cathedral]]. A liveryman of the [[Worshipful Company of Farmers]], he served as its master between 1991 and 1992; in 1992, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]]. He died on 20 October 1996,<ref name="whwawh"/> leaving an estate valued at £3,369,074 net.<ref>"Latest Wills", ''The Times'', 12 May 1997</ref>
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