Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet (1805–1891) was a 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 founding 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]

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)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Notable Neelds". notableneelds.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Neeld, John (NLT823J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Pratt, Tony. "Alderton" (PDF). Lackham Country Park. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  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. 1 2 "Baronets: N". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. 1 2 "The Bond Family 1734 - 2006:Information about Algernon William Neeld Sir". Genealogy.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Details: Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1669". Mauritshuis. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Ada Neeld". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  11. ↑ (Oxford) Dictionary of National Biography. Sup. Vol III (1901), pp 515–516
  12. ↑ "Royal Garrison Church - General Sir George Willis". Memorials & Monuments in Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  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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