Sir Thomas Neave 2nd Bart.

London merchant, son of Sir Richard Neave 1st bart. (1731-1814, Governor of Bank of England 1783-1785, High Sheriff of Essex 1794); brother of Caroline Hannah Neave (1781-1863) (q.v.), John Neave (1763-1835) and Richard Neave (1773-1858), and father of Sheffield Neave (q.v).

1. Sir Richard Neave (1731-1814), left £150,000, merchant trading with America and West Indies. Purchased (1772) and developed Dagnam Park, sheriff of Essex 1794, bart. 1795. Chairman WIMC; London Dock Co.; Hudsons Bay Co. Sir Richard's sister Susannah (d. 1810) married William Wells (1729-1805) the shipbuilder: their son William (1768-1847), also a shipbuilder, left £200,000. Sir Richard's daughter Catherine Mary (d. 1849), sister of Sir Thomas Neave, married Henry Howard, in the ODNB as landowner and antiquary, and had her journals published privately for her children as Reminiscences (1836-1838).

2. Will of Sir Thomas Neave of Dagenham Park proved 31/05/1848.

1. William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume One 1809-1839 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2009) reference 1814/8 Sir Richard Neave; William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 MS, reference 1847/28 William Wells (1768-1847); ODNB online, W.A. Archbold, rev. J.A. Marchand, 'Howard, Henry (1757-1842), landowner and antiquary.'

2. PROB 11/2075.

We are grateful for the help of Don Tait with this entry. Simon Donoghue and Don Tait, Harold Hill and Noak Hill: a history (Havering: London Borough of Havering Library Service, 2013) contains much information on the legacies of the 5 generations of the Neave family who lived on the Dagnam Park estate between 1772 and 1940. Dagnams, the house built by Sir Richard Neave between 1772 and 1776, was demolished in 1950.