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NEWENHAM-DEVONSHER, ABRAHAM JOHN, son of Morgan John Devonsher, Kilshannick, Rathcormac, co. Cork, Ireland, and Louisa Charlotte, only child of Capt. John Cooke, Royal Navy; b.; adm. 21 Mar 1808; left 1811; at Harrow Sch. Jan – Dec 1813; assumed additional surname of Newenham; Master, United Hunt Club, for many years; of Kilshannick Court and Mountain Lodge, Rathcormac, co. Cork; d. 9 Jan 1880.

NEWENHAM, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Newenham, Coolmore, co. Cork, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Blackhall, Dublin; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1716; in under school list 1718; adm. Inner Temple 16 May 1723; of Coolmore, co. Cork; m. 22 Sep 1726 Dorothea, dau. of Edward Worth, Baron of the Exchequer (I); d. 1738.

NEWELL, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1721.

Newell, Geoffrey Frank, son of Frank Newell, of West Norwood; b. Sept. 10, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left July 1923; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; d. in China Dec. 1941.

NEWE, STAFFORD, son of Nathaniel Newe, Sandford, Oxfordshire, and Christgift --- (IGI); bapt. Sandford, Oxfordshire 2 Oct 1726 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Feb 1740/1; left 1743; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1743/4; BA 1746; ordained; Rector of Hever, Kent, from 1761; d. 30 Oct 1796.

NEWDIGATE-LUDFORD-CHETWODE, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Chetwode, Bart., MP, and his first wife Lady Henrietta Grey, eldest dau. of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and Warrington; b. 12 Nov 1788; adm. 25 Jun 1802; in school lists May 1803, Oct 1803; left 1806; assumed additional surnames of Newdigate-Ludford 1 Aug 1826; succ. father as 5th baronet 17 Dec 1845; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1852; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1821 Elizabeth Juliana, eldest dau. of John Newdigate-Ludford (qv); m. 2nd, 17 Jan 1861 Arabella Phillis, widow of James Reade, Lower Berkeley Street, London, and only child of Samuel Denton, Russell Square, London; d. 8 Sep 1873.

NEWDIGATE-LUDFORD, JOHN, only son of John Bracebridge Ludford, Ansley, Warwicks., barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, and Juliana, sister of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Aug 1756; adm. 29 Jan 1770; left Dec 1774; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Nov 1774; MA 1778; DCL 1793; adm. Inner Temple 22 May 1772, called to bar 24 Nov 1777, Bencher Hilary 1811; assumed additional surname of Newdigate 5 Jul 1808; m. 16 Jun 1778 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of John Boswell, Witton, Warwicks.; d. 16 May 1825.

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.

NEWDIGATE, RICHARD, brother of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 16 Jul 1716; adm. Apr 1726; adm. Middle Temple 4 Feb 1731/2; d. at school of smallpox 16 Apr 1732.

NEWDIGATE, FRANCIS, only son of Francis Newdigate (qv); b. 14 Apr 1774; adm. 2 Mar 1785; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Nov 1795; DL JP Warwickshire, Staffordshire; of Byrkley Lodge, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire; Lieut. -Col., Stafford Militia 13 Apr 1805; m. 25 Apr 1820 Lady Barbara Maria Legge, dau. of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG; d. 21 May 1862.