 William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny

William Nevill, "de facto" 16th ("de jure" 1st) Baron Bergavenny, (before 1701 – 1744) was an English peer who held office in the British Royal Household and built a country mansion.The son of Edward Nevill (1664-1701), a Captain in the Royal Navy who died aboard ship off the coast of Virginia, and his wife Hannah (1668-1764), daughter of Gervase Thorpe of Brockhurst, he succeeded to the barony on the death of his cousin Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny, who had died without children.