269) Sir Henry Neville (1564 – 1615)

Sir Henry Neville (1564 – 1615). English courtier, politician and diplomat, noted for his role as ambassador to France and his unsuccessful attempts to negotiate between James I of England and the Houses of Parliament. In 2005 Neville was put forward as a candidate for the authorship of Shakespeare's works.
Hi eldest son was Sir Henry Neville. 

- "The eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Neville I, whose distinctive red hair he shared..." http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/…/neville-sir-henr…

- "Red-haired and corpulent, he bore a striking resemblance to Henry VIII in his later years, and was consequently nicknamed ‘similis’ by the earl of Somerset and Sir Thomas Overbury." http://historyofparliamentonline.org.dedi436.your-server.de/volume/1604-1629/member/neville-sir-henry-i-1564-1615

  - "Harry the hardie: possibly Sir Henry Neville, who sat in the 1604 and 1614 Parliaments, and whose red hair and beard resembled those of Henry VIII." http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/parliament_fart_section/C1ii.html