John Neeld

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

• Neeld baronets

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. "Neeld, John (NLT823J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. 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. "Baronets: N". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
8. "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. "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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Neeld

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Calley Robert Gordon	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 Richard Penruddocke Long William John Lysley	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 Algernon William Neeld