Lieutenant J.C.B.L. Nevinson
(4th Hussars)
(1838-1917)
26 December 1862

Volume 10, page 11, sitting number 12,411.

Born in or about 1838, John Charles Barrett Lennard Nevinson was the son of Julia Elizabeth Barrett-Lennard by an unknown father and was later adopted by her first husband, Charles Dalston Nevinson (1773-1846). His grandfather was Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Bt.

He joined, by purchase, the 60th Regiment of Foot (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) as an Ensign on 24 July 1857. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant, again by purchase, on 16 December 1859. On 22 November 1862 he exchanged with Lieutenant C.M. Calderon of the 4th Hussars. His retirement from the Army was reported on 18 November 1865.

He appears on the 1881 census, aged 43, living at 129 Sloane Street, Chelsea. He gave London as his place as birth and for his profession he gave ‘Major Adjutant 2nd London Rifle Volunteers.' Also present on the night of the census were his wife Rosalie, born at Boulogne, and young daughters Rosalie and Juliana.

He appears on the 1891 census, a 53-year-old widower living at 14 Royal Avenue, Chelsea. He gave as his profession ‘Retired Adjutant Volunteer Major.' Also present on the night of the census were his daughter Juliana and two servants (a housekeeper and a cook).

According to a brief report in The Times (8 December 1892), he retired an Honorary Major and Adjutant from the 2nd London (City of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade).

He had one son, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas St Aubyn Nevinson (1870-1951), who in 1916 married Miss Mary Natalie Wick of Ohio, a survivor of the Titanic.

Major John Nevinson died, aged 79, on 1 August 1917 at 20 Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent. He left effects valued at £2726.