Fivo Neame

Eldest son of FREDERICK NEAME of Luton, Selling. He married Sylvia Helena Ludlow DELL, daughter of James Dell of Court Lodge, Harrietsham, formerly of Calicut, India. Educated at Cheltenham College and later became a member of the Surveyors' Institute. He succeeded his father and grandfather as agent to Earl Sondes for the Lees Court estate, and also managed the estates of Otterden for Sir Granville Wheler, Bart., and Nash Court, for the Hon. H.A. Milles-Lade. Besides being an extensive fruit and hop grower, he was a member of the Faversham Navigation Commission and the St. Augustines's Commission of Sewers, and a Director of the Royal Insurance Company of Maidstone. He formerly held a Commission in the R.G.A. (Volunteers) and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Selling Troop of Boy Scouts, of which he was a Scoutmaster for sixteen years, and District Commissioner for the Faversham District. Formerley a member of the National Rifle Association, he competed at Bisley. In his spare time he was also a keen follower of the Tickham Hounds.