Article: The bard or not the bard? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Byline: JAMES BLACK

QUESTION What is known of Sir Henry Neville, whose name has recently been put forward as a possible author of the Shakespeare plays?

DIPLOMAT and courtier Henry Neville (1562-1615) was a distant relative of William Shakespeare.

The first child of Sir Henry Neville and Elizabeth Gresham, he was a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III.

Henry grew up at Billingbear House in Berkshire, was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and sat in Parliament as member for New Windsor, Sussex, Liskeard, Kent, Lewes and Berkshire.

In 1599, he was appointed Ambassador to France and attended the court of Henri ...

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