John Neeld

Neeld was one of five sons of Joseph Neeld (1754–1828) and his wife Mary (née Bond) (1765–1857), of Hendon, Middlesex. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a B.A. in 1827 and an M.A. three years later. In 1840 he was a founding member of the Conservative Club{{cite web In 1852 he was offered the position of Junior Lord of the Treasury by Lord Derby, but refused. Neeld became a major landowner in Wiltshire, having inherited from his brother Joseph in 1856; in 1872 he was High Sheriff of the county. ==Death and legacy==

Neeld died on 3 September 1891 at Grittleton House, Wiltshire. succeeded as 2nd baronet; on his death, Neeld's second son, Audley Dallas Neeld (23 January 1849 – 1 May 1941) became the 3rd baronet and inherited Rembrandt's self-portrait of 1669, today in the Mauritshuis. On Audley's death the title became extinct.), Lady Ada Mary Willis (née Neeld) opened the Southsea Railway on 1 July 1885, as her husband was the Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth at the time. == See also ==