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.
NEWBERY, FRANCIS, of London; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1590, matr. 15 Jan 1590/1, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1595; BA 1594; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Feb 1594/5.
NEVILE, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1607, adm. scholar 1608, matr. Easter 1608; BA 1611/2; MA 1615; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1612; d. 1616.
Nesbitt, Alan Chancellor, second son of Robert Henry Nesbitt, of Kensington, by Emma, daughter of George Chancellor, of Chessington Hall, Surrey; b. Feb. 2, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 16, 1886; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1892, matric. Oct. 14, 1892; rode against Cambridge in the bicycle races (1 mile, 4 miles and 10 miles) 1893, 1894, and 1896; B.A. 1897; adm. to Lincolns Inn 1896; called to the bar April 26, 1899; a Bencher of Lincolns Inn May 3, 1937; Conveyancing Counsel to the Court 1941; seccretary of the Elizabethan Club 1905-12; m. 1st Oct. 6, 1903, Amy, second daughter of Robert Castle, of Oxford; 2nd; d. June 28, 1949.
NELSON, WILLIAM, son of William Nelson, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1741/2; KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void 28 Jul 1756 (expiry year of grace as R. Eriswell from 1 Aug 1755); BA 1753; ordained deacon 17 Jun 1753, priest 9 Jun 1754 (both Oxford); Rector of Eriswell, Suffolk 1755. [Presumably William Nelson, son of William Nelson and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Oct 1729 (IGI)].