Royal Naval Biography/Neville, Ralph

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2241012Royal Naval Biography — Neville, RalphJohn Marshall


RIGHT HON. RALPH VISCOUNT NEVILLE.
[Post-Captain of 1811.]

Second son of Henry Earl of Abergavenny, K.T. by Mary, only child of the late John Robinson, of Wyke House, co. Middlesex, Esq.

This officer was born Dec. 21, 1786; made a Lieutenant Jan. 22, 1806; and promoted to the rank of Commander, May 30, 1808. On the 6th Nov. 1809; being then in command of the Actaeon brig, off Scilly, he assisted at the capture of le Lezard, French lugger privateer, pierced for 14 guns, with a complement of 57 men.

The Actaeon formed part of the fleet under Vice-Admiral Bertie at the reduction of Mauritius, in 1810 ; and Viscount Neville was posted into the Boadicea frigate, Feb. 16, 1811. His lordship married, Feb. 2, 1813, Miss Mary Anne Bruce Elcock, of Sloane Street, Chelsea; and died at Boulogne, about May 1826.