Neville
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Neville is a name that originates from place names in Normandy, from the Old French Néville "Néel
's estate" or Neuville, meaning "new village" or "new town".
Neville may refer to:
was a powerful noble family of England that was prominent in the medieval period. Its members include:
Nigel
Nigel is an English masculine given name. The name is derived from the Latin Nigellus. This Latin word would seem to derive from the Latin niger, meaning "black"; however this is thought to be an example of an incorrect etymology created by French speaking clerics, who knew Latin as well, to...
's estate" or Neuville, meaning "new village" or "new town".
Neville may refer to:
Places
- NévilleNévilleNéville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D53, D69 and the D105 roads, some southwest of Dieppe .-Heraldry:...
, Haute-NormandieHaute-NormandieUpper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
, France - Néville-sur-MerNéville-sur-MerNéville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Manche department...
, Basse-NormandieBasse-NormandieLower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
, France - Neville, New South WalesNeville, New South WalesNeville is a small village in the south east of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. It is 60km south of Bathurst or about 16 km south east of Mandurama. It is 940 metres above sea level and currently has a population of about 100.-History:...
- Neville, OhioNeville, OhioNeville is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 127 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Neville is located at ....
- Neville, SaskatchewanNeville, Saskatchewan-External links:*******-Footnotes:...
, Canada - Neville Township, PennsylvaniaNeville Township, PennsylvaniaNeville Township, also known as Neville Island, is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. The entire township is located on Neville Island, which is an island on the Ohio River...
Other uses
- USS Neville (APA-9)
- Neville, a railway engine in Thomas the Tank Engine
- Neville, a portrait ghost in Luigi's MansionLuigi's MansionLuigi's Mansion, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in Europe on May 3, 2002. The game was a launch title for the GameCube...
House of Neville
The House of NevilleHouse of Neville
The House of Neville is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later middle ages...
was a powerful noble family of England that was prominent in the medieval period. Its members include:
- Alexander NevilleAlexander NevilleAlexander Neville was a late medieval prelate who served as Archbishop of York from 1374 to 1388.-Life:Born in about 1340, he was a younger son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley...
(1340-1392), Archbishop of York - Anne NevilleAnne NevilleLady Anne Neville was Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster and Queen of England as the consort of King Richard III. She held the latter title for less than two years, from 26 June 1483 until her death in March 1485...
(1456-1485), Queen of England, consort of Richard III - Cecily NevilleCecily NevilleCecily Neville, Duchess of York was the wife of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and the mother of two Kings of England: Edward IV and Richard III....
(1415-1495), Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV and Richard III - George Neville (archbishop) (1432-1476), Archbishop of York
- Henry Neville (politician) (1562-1615), English politician
- Isabel Neville (1451-1476), Duchess of Clarence, daughter of the Kingmaker
- Katherine Neville, Baroness HastingsKatherine Neville, Baroness HastingsKatherine Neville, Baroness Hastings , was a noblewoman and a member of the powerful Neville family of northern England...
(1442-1503) - Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of WestmorlandRalph Neville, 1st Earl of WestmorlandSir Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby, Lord of Richmond, Earl Marshal, KG, PC , was an English nobleman of the House of Neville...
(1364-1425) - Ralph NevilleRalph NevilleRalph Neville was a medieval clergyman and politician who served as Bishop of Chichester, Keeper of the Great Seal and Lord Chancellor of England...
(died 1244), Lord Chancellor of England, Archbishop of Canterbury - Richard Neville, 5th Earl of SalisburyRichard Neville, 5th Earl of SalisburyRichard Neville, jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury and 7th and 4th Baron Montacute, KG, PC was a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses.-Background:...
(1400-1460) - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of WarwickRichard Neville, 16th Earl of WarwickRichard Neville KG, jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury and 8th and 5th Baron Montacute , known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, and military commander...
(1428-1471), known as the Kingmaker - William Neville, 1st Earl of KentWilliam Neville, 1st Earl of KentWilliam Neville, 1st Earl of Kent KG and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier.-Early life:...
(1410-1463)
Surname
- Aaron NevilleAaron NevilleAaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
(born 1941), American singer and songwriter - Anita NevilleAnita NevilleAnita Neville, MP was a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in the general election of 2000, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006, before being defeated in 2011.-Early life and career:...
(born 1942), Canadian politician - A. O. NevilleA. O. NevilleAuber Octavius Neville was a public servant, notably Chief Protector of Aborigines, in Western Australia.-Early career:...
(1875-1954), Australian civil servant - Art NevilleArt NevilleArt Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...
(born 1937), American singer - Arthel NevilleArthel NevilleArthel Neville , is an American journalist and television personality.Arthel is the daughter of Art Neville, founder of the New Orleans music groups The Meters and The Neville Brothers.-Biography:...
(born 1962), American journalist - Cynthia NevilleCynthia NevilleCynthia J Neville, FRHistS, FSAScot is a Canadian historian, medievalist and George Munro professor of history at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Neville's primary research interests are the social, political and cultural history of medieval Scotland, 1000-1500, specifically legal...
, Canadian historian - Cyril NevilleCyril NevilleCyril Neville , is a percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters...
(born 1948), American musician - Dan NevilleDan NevilleDan Neville is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is a Teachta Dála for the Limerick constituency. He previously represented the Limerick West constituency....
(born 1946), Irish politician - Emily Neville (1919-1997), American author
- Gary NevilleGary NevilleGary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
(born 1975), English football player - Ivan NevilleIvan NevilleIvan Neville is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers....
(born 1959), American musician - John Neville (actor) (born 1925), British actor
- John Neville (general) (1731-1803), American soldier
- Joseph NevilleJoseph NevilleJoseph Neville was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795-External links:*...
(1730-1819), American politician - Katherine Neville (author) (born 1945), American author
- Keith NevilleKeith NevilleM. Keith Neville was a Nebraska Democratic politician best known for being the 18th Governor of Nebraska.-Biography:...
(1884-1959), American politician - Mike Neville (newsreader)Mike Neville (Newsreader)Mike Neville, MBE is a retired British television presenter who worked mainly on regional news programmes in North East England. Over 40 years with the BBC and ITV franchisee Tyne Tees Television, he became an iconic figure in the region and is remembered for his solid presentational style and...
(born 1936), British television presenter - Paul Neville (politician) (born 1940), Australian politician
- Peter NevillePeter NevillePeter Neville was a further education lecturer and sociologist known for his activity in and writings about the anarchist and peace movements in the United Kingdom....
(died 2002), British sociologist - Phil Neville (born 1977), English football player
- Presley NevillePresley NevillePresley Neville was an American military officer, and state official who served in the American Revolutionary War.Presley Neville was born at the family home in Winchester, Virginia, to General John Neville and Winifred Oldham Neville. He served as the Marquis de Lafayette's aide-de-camp for two...
(1756-1818), American soldier - Richard Neville (singer)Richard Neville (singer)Ritchie Neville is an English singer most noted for being a member of the successful boyband Five...
(born 1979), British singer - Richard Neville (writer)Richard Neville (writer)Richard Neville is an Australian author and self-described "futurist", who came to fame as a co-editor of the counterculture magazine Oz in Australia and the United Kingdom in the 1960s and early 1970s...
(born 1941), Australian writer - Tracey NevilleTracey NevilleTracey Anne Neville is one of England's most capped netball players, playing for her country 74 times before an injury forced her out of the game in 2008. She currently plays for Leeds Met Carnegie in the British Netball Superleague, after being out injured for two years...
(born 1977), English netball player - Wendell Cushing NevilleWendell Cushing NevilleWendell Cushing Neville was a major general of the United States Marine Corps. He was a Medal of Honor recipient and 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1929 and 1930.-Biography:...
(1870-1930), American marine general - William NevilleWilliam NevilleWilliam Harriman Neville was a Nebraska, United States Populist politician.-Biography:He was born in Nashville, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Chester, Illinois in 1851. Graduated from McKendree University and served as a sergeant in Company H of the 142nd regiment of the Illinois...
(1843-1909), American politician
Given name
- Neville AlexanderNeville AlexanderNeville Edward Alexander is a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela.-Early life:...
(born 1936), South African activist - Neville AshenheimNeville AshenheimSir Neville Noel Ashenheim was a Jamaican businessman, lawyer, politician, and served as the first Jamaican Ambassador to the United States. He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II on 1 January 1963. Ashenheim served his post as ambassador until March 1967....
(1900-1984), Jamaican diplomat - Neville BonnerNeville BonnerNeville Thomas Bonner AO was an Australian politician, and the first indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia...
(1922-1999), Australian politician - Neville BrandNeville BrandNeville Brand was an American television and movie actor.-Early life:Neville Brand was born in Illinois. He was born to Leo and Helen Brand as one of seven children. Leo, was an electrician and bridge building steel worker in Detroit, where Neville was raised...
(1920-1992), American actor - Neville BrodyNeville BrodyNeville Brody is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director.Neville Brody is an alumnus of the London College of Printing and Hornsey College of Art, and is known for his work on The Face magazine and Arena magazine , as well as for designing record covers for artists such as...
(born 1957), British graphic designer - Neville BuswellNeville BuswellNeville Buswell is a British actor, best known for his role as Ray Langton in Coronation Street.Neville Buswell attended Belmont Abbey School near Hereford from 1955-1960...
(born 1943), British actor - Neville CardusNeville CardusSir John Frederick Neville Cardus CBE was an English writer and critic, best known for his writing on music and cricket. For many years, he wrote for The Manchester Guardian. He was untrained in music, and his style of criticism was subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast with his critical...
(1888-1975), British writer and critic - Neville ChamberlainNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
(1869-1940), British politician - Neville DukeNeville DukeSquadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS,Czech War Cross was a British Second World War fighter pilot. He was the top Allied flying ace in the Mediterranean Theatre, having shot down at least 27 enemy aircraft, and was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost...
(1922-2007), British aviator - Neville GloverNeville GloverNeville Glover is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. A New South Wales interstate and Australian international representative winger, he played his club football career in the NSWRL Premiership with the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers.A Seven Hills junior,...
, Australian international rugby league footballer - Neville LaskiNeville LaskiNeville Jonas Laski, QC was an English judge and leader of Anglo-Jewry.- Family :He came from a distinguished family. His younger brother was Harold Laski...
(1890-1969), British judge - Neville LivingstonBunny WailerBunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...
, (born 1947) better known as Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician. - Neville MarrinerNeville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner is an English conductor and violinist.-Biography:Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He played the violin in the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Martin String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra, playing with the...
(born 1924), British conductor - Neville SamarakoonNeville SamarakoonNeville Dunbar Mirahawatte Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan lawyer, who served as Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1984.he's father was A.C.W Samarakoon and mother was Chandrawathi Mirahawatte kumarihamy...
(1919-1990), Sri Lankan judge - Neville Selwood (1922-1962), Australian jockey
- Neville Staple (born 1955), British singer
- Neville WadiaNeville WadiaNeville Ness Wadia was an English businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry, having built over a hundred warships for the British and having established trading networks...
(1911-1996), Indian businessman - Neville Willoughby (d. 2006), Jamaican TV Host, Newsreader and Interviewer.
- Neville WranNeville WranNeville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986...
(born 1926), Australian politician
Fictional
- Kate NevilleKate NevilleKate Neville is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Kate Neville first appeared in Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 , and was created by Bob Harras and Paul Neary....
, a character in the Marvel Comics universe - Robert Neville, a character in the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- Neville AshworthNeville AshworthNeville "Nev" Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jim Millea. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 3 October 2005 and was created by David Hanson...
, a character in the television series Hollyoaks - Neville Flynn, a character in the 2006 film Snakes on a Plane
- Neville Hope, a character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
- Neville Longbottom, a character in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling
- Nev the BearNev the bearNev The Bear is a small, blue puppet bear that originally appeared in the CBBC television programme Smile. Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show Bear Behaving Badly, alongside Barney Harwood. His name was created from the name of his co-star Dev Griffin on Smile. Nev has patches in...
, character from CBBCCBBCCBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14... - Nevel Papperman an antagonist in the iCarlyICarlyiCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
television show
See also
- Fifehead NevilleFifehead NevilleFifehead Neville is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles south west of Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 127. The village is situated next to the stream of the Divelish which runs down from the high hill of Bulbarrow Hill...
, Dorset, England - Tarring NevilleTarring NevilleTarring Neville is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles south of Lewes, on the A26 road to Newhaven. The south west border of the parish runs along the River Ouse, the parish extending into the South Downs.-Landmarks:The parish...
, East Sussex, England - Neville's algorithmNeville's algorithmIn mathematics, Neville's algorithm is an algorithm used for polynomial interpolation that was derived by the mathematician Eric Harold Neville. Given n + 1 points, there is a unique polynomial of degree ≤ n which goes through the given points...
, used for polynomial interpolation - The Neville BrothersThe Neville BrothersThe Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art , Charles , Aaron , and Cyril The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in...
, American band