SIR HENRY NEVILLE - THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP SOLUTION
What Kind of Man was Sir Henry Neville?
Sir Henry was an enigmatic man: influential yet secretive. He seemed to be constantly re-inventing himself too. Intellectual, yet at the same time practical, he essentially reflected the two very different worlds of his parents’ origins: his father was the younger son of an aristocrat, while his mother stemmed from the Merchant classes. Thus his character combined romantic ideals of chivalric honour mingled with down-to-earth aims of running a business and supporting a large family.
He carried these combined strengths into his work as a politician. He became an M.P. at the age of 21, and was never far away from national politics through all his working life (though he failed by a whisker to reach the high office at which he aimed.) The essence of Neville's character therefore emerges as that of a generous, warm-hearted man, conscious of his protective role towards those less advantaged than himself, yet whose largesse and liberal outlook were tempered by the harsh times in which he lived. His main aims in life were to lay the foundations of greatness and progress in England, but in order to get anywhere near achieving these aims he had perforce to engage (when necessary) in the politics of Machiavelli.
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