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.
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.
NEWTON, RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Newton, Lavendon, Bucks., and Katherine, dau. of Martin Hervey, Weston Favell, Northants; b. 8 Nov 1676; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, Westminster Student 28 Jun 1795 – void 1707, Tutor 1703-7; BA 1698; MA 1701; BD 18 Mar 1707/8; DD 1710; ordained; Rector of Sudborough, Northants 14 Jun 1704-48; Rector of Lavendon, Bucks.; Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford 28 Jul 1710 – Aug 1740; endeavoured to establish it as a college for poor students desirous of taking orders; built part of the quadrangle at his own expense, and after a long struggle obtained a charter; first Principal of Hertford Coll. 27 Aug 1740; Canon of Christ Church from 5 Jan 1752/3; translated the Characters of Theophrastus into Latin, published 1754, and wrote several treatises on university education; m. 1st, Catherine, dau. of Andrew Adams, Welton, Northants; m. 2nd, lic. to m. 19 May 1744 Mary, fifth dau. of Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bart.; d. 21 Apr 1753. DNB.
NEWTON (or NEWBY), WALTER; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1589, matr. 30 Oct 1590, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1600 (listed as Newby in some Christ Church records); BA 1593; MA 1596.
NEWLAND, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1636; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1639, adm. pens. 30 May 1639, scholar 1640; BA 1642/3.
NEWEY, THOMAS, son of Thomas Newey, Eyton, Shropshire; b.; adm.; BB 1669; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1675, matr. 18 Jun 1675, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1675 – void 1704, Tutor 1682-91, Junior Censor 1685-7, Senior Censor 1688-9, Catechist 1692-3; BA 1679; MA 1682; BD 1692; DD 1701; Proctor 1689; ordained priest (Rochester) 22 May 1692 [but already ordained by Jul 1686 ?]; Chaplain to Right Rev. Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv), Bishop of Exeter; Prebendary of Exeter from 1 Oct 1692, Chancellor 5 May 1704-6, Precentor from 11 Dec 1706; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 15 Jun 1702-10 (disp. to hold with Harberton 1703); Vicar of Harberton, Devon 5 Apr 1703-10; Rector of Itchen Abbas, Hampshire (by 1708); Rector of Wonston, Hampshire, from 3 Jun 1710; Prebendary of Winchester from 23 Jun 1712; d. 6 May 1723.
NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER, BART., brother of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 30 May 1719; adm. Oct 1727; KS (Capt. ) 1732; succ. brother as 5th baronet 4 Apr 1734; left Jan 1736; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1736; MA 1738; DCL 13 Apr 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1738-40; of Harefield Place, Middlesex, and Arbury, Warwickshire; MP Middlesex 5 Aug 1742-7, Oxford University 31 Jan 1751-80; again travelling in Europe 1774-6; a staunch Tory, described in 1767 by Horace Walpole as a “half-converted Jacobite”; interested in architecture and classical sculpture; a benefactor of University Coll. and of the Radcliffe Library; founded Newdigate Prize for English verse at Oxford Univ. 1806; m. 1st, 31 May 1743 Sophia, dau. of Edward Conyers MP, Copped Hall, Epping, Essex; m. 2nd, 3 Jun 1776 Hester Margaretta, dau. of Edward Mundy, Shipley, Derbs.; d. 20 Nov 1806. DNB.