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NICHOLS, RICHARD, brother of Francis Nichols (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1635; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 16, Westminster Student (still 1642); DCL 28 Sep 1663; commanded troop of horse in Royalist army during Civil War; attached to household of Duke of York, and served with him under Marshal Turenne; Groom of Bedchamber to Duke of York after the Restoration; commanded military expedition which took New Amsterdam (now New York, USA) from Dutch 27 Aug 1664 and acted as its first British governor, 1664-7; served as volunteer in Dutch war 1672; killed at battle of Solebay 28 May 1672, and buried Ampthill, Beds. DNB (s. v. Nicholls, Richard).

NICHOLS, JAMES PETER, son of James Nichols, London; b. 6 Apr 1846; adm. Oct 1857; QS 1861; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1865 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 22 Jun 1865, matr. Mich. 1865; rowed v. Oxford 1868; BA 1869; adm. solicitor; d. unm. 17 Jan 1927.

Nichols, Frank Howard, only son of Francis Edmund William Nichols, of Finchley, by Mary Sophia, daughter of Samuel Wright, of Camden Town; b. Nov. 14, 1884; adm. from the Mercers' School as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies exhibition and a Triplett gratuity) July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. i, 1905; 1st class History, pt. ii, 1906; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1910; a clerk in the Secre­tary's Office, G.P.O., 1907, a principal clerk 1920; m. Sept. 5, 1922, Mabel Gertrude, only daughter of Alfred Smart, of Brentwood, Essex; d. Nov. 15, 1961.

NICHOLS, FRANCIS, second surviving son of Francis Nichols, Ampthill, Beds., and Middle Temple, London, and Margaret, dau, . of Sir George Bruce, Carnock, Stirlingshire, and Abbots Langley, Herts.; bapt. Abbots Langley, Herts. 12 Sep 1620; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student (still 1642); served in Royalist army; living 1651; d. at Paris by 1660.

Nicholas, Tressilian Bryan, son of Tressilian Charles Nicholas OBE MC, Fellow and Bursar of Trinity, Cambridge, and Emily Lothian, d. of John Buchanan of Wishaw, Lanarkshire; b. 19 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940 (open schol.), BA 1943, MA 1946; Roy. Signals 1941-6 (Lieut.); BEA 1947, traffic officer Rome 1949-54, station superintendent Pans and dep. man. France 1959-63, representative Poland 1963-9, Bulgaria and Romania 1972-5, retd 1976; m. 18 June 1949 Marie Antoinette Lorna, d. of William Percy Young of Beckenham, Kent; d. 25 July 2008

NICHOLAS, THOMAS, son of William Nicholas, Middlesex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1629; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

NICHOLAS, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 May 1635, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1640 – expulsion by Earl of Manchester 1644.

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.

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

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.