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NICHOLAS, GEORGE, son of Very Rev. Matthew Nicholas DCL, Dean of St. Paul’s and Prebendary of Westminster, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Fowke, Bulwick, Northants; bapt. 31 Jul 1628; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1644, matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 18, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 1648; d. before 1672.

NICHOLAS, ---; b.; at school under Nowell (Brasenose Coll. Oxford MSS 31, f. 45b).

NIBLET, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

NEYVYNSON (or NEVYNSON), CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; KS 7 Jul 1547; left 1553.

NEYLOR, ---; b.; at school 1658-60 (Busby’s Account Book).

NEWTON-ROBINSON, CHARLES EDMUND, eldest son of Sir John Charles Robinson CB, Newton Manor, Dorset, Crown Surveyor of Pictures, and Marianne Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Newton, Alderman, Norwich; b. 14 Oct 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1866 (James'); QS 1868; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1872, adm. pens. 17 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 12 Apr 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; assumed additional surname of Newton 6 Jun 1889; founder and chairman of council, Land Union; member of council, Yacht Racing Association; founded London Epée Club 1900; member of British Epée Team, Olympic Games, Athens 1906; author, The Golden Hind, 1880, and other vols. of poems; m. 15 Jan 1885 Jane Anna, second dau. of Robert Stirk, Grazing Nook, Bedale, Yorks., farmer; d. 21 Apr 1913.

NEWTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Nov 1731; left 1733.

NEWTON, THOMAS, only son of John Newton, Lichfield, Staffs., brandy and cider merchant, and his first wife Isabel, dau. of Rev. --- Rhodes; b. 21 Dec 1703; adm. Jun 1717; KS 1718; Capt. of the School 1722; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1723, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1723, scholar 17 Apr 1724; 8th in “ordo” 1726/7; BA 1726/7; MA 1730 (incorp. Oxford 13 Oct 1733); DD 1745; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1729, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1730; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1729, priest Feb 1730; Curate to his uncle Rev. Andrew Trebeck DD, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; Lecturer and afternoon preacher, South Audley Street Chapel; morning preacher, Spring Gardens Chapel; Rector of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London 16 Apr 1744-69; Chaplain to George II 1756 (still listed as Chaplain 1761); Prebendary of Westminster 22 Mar 1757-61; Sub-Almoner, Royal Household 25 Jun 1757 – Dec 1761; Precentor of York 16 Jun 1759- Dec 1761; President, Sion Coll. 1760; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 20 Nov 1761; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 28 Dec 1761; declined Archbishopric of Armagh and Primacy of Ireland 1764; Dean of St. Paul’s from 8 Oct 1768; author, A Dissertation on the Prophecies, 1754; gives some interesting information about his schoolfellows in his Autobiography; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1747 Jane, sister of James Trebeck (qv); m. 2nd, 5 Sep 1761 Elizabeth Vaughan, widow of Rev. Watson Hand, and illegitimate dau. of John Vaughan, 1st [check] Viscount Lisburne (I) MP; d. 14 Feb 1782. DNB.