[3] He was a member of the Junior Division of the Officers Training Corps at his school, and reached the rank of cadet serjeant.

[4] During the war, he served at home in the United Kingdom and abroad in Norway, India, Burma and Germany.

[12] On 7 May 1985, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him as Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, the monarch's personal representative in county.

[15] In the 1969 Queen's Birthday Honours, Neill was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to export".

[17] In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in recognition of his service as Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, and therefore granted the title sir.

[18] Neill married his first wife, Jane Shuttleworth, a kennel huntswoman of the Poona and Kirkee Hounds, in 1943 and had two daughters, Jill and Sue, who survive him.

He served on numerous committees of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the sport’s ruling body, and was its captain in 1981.