Unfortunately not, if he was named after him he would've possibly been called Duke. However, if the famous test pilot genre was to be used here it would Eric...
and if after him, it would have been Arthur.Or perhaps named after Neville Chamberlain and asking how the aircraft noise protest is going?
No, Neville was named after the previous dog. (Best to keep things simple here.) The previous dog chose the name Neville himself. We never knew why but he was fond of firing marbles and bouncing them off the surface of the water contained in basins in the garden. The kids loved it. Kept 'em amused for hours.