Nevile Explained

Nevile is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Nevile Bland KCMG KCVO (1886–1972), British diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands during WWII
• Nevile Butler KCMG CVO (1893–1973), British diplomat
• Thomas Nevile Carter (1851–1879), English amateur sportsman who played football for England
• Nevile Davidson, DL, ChStJ (1899–1976), senior Church of Scotland minister
• Nevile Gwynne, British writer who wrote the book Gwynne's Grammar
• Nevile Henderson GCMG (1882–1942), British diplomat, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Germany from 1937 to 1939
• Peter Nevile Wake Jennings, CVO (born 1934), British public servant, Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
• Nevile Lodge OBE (1918–1989), New Zealand cartoonist
• Nevile Lubbock KCMG (1839–1914), President of the West India Committee and an English amateur cricketer
• Nevile Wilkinson, KCVO (1869–1940), British officer of arms, British Army officer, author and a dolls house designer

Surname:

• Bernard Nevile (1888–1916), English first-class cricketer
• Christopher Nevile (1631–1692), English Member of Parliament
• Henry Nevile (Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire), KCVO, KStJ, JP, DL (1920–1996), English farmer, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
• Liddy Nevile (born 1947), Australian academic and a pioneer in using computers for education in Australia
• Mildred Nevile MBE (1927–2012), lifelong Catholic activist against poverty and injustice
• Pran Nevile (1922–2018), Indian author of books including Lahore: A Sentimental Journey
• Thomas Nevile (died 1615), English clergyman and academic, Dean of Canterbury (1597–1615), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1593–1615)

See also

• Nevil (disambiguation)
• Nevill (disambiguation)
• Neville (disambiguation)
• Néville