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NEILE, RICHARD, son of Paul Neile, King Street, Westminster, tallow chandler, and Sybil Hasinge; bapt. 11 Mar 1561/2; at school under Grant (Wood, Athenae Oxon. , ii, 341); according to Leighton’s Epitome, 1646, 66, “the Schoolmaster was never off his Breech, by which he became so sorry a Dunce, that untill that hour he could never make a right Latin Theame”; St. John’s Coll. Camb. , adm. 22 Apr 1580, Burghley scholar (on nomination of Dean Goodman), matr. 1580; BA 1583/4; MA 1587; BD 1595; DD 1600 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1600); ordained deacon and priest (Peterborough) 6 Jul 1589; Chaplain to Lord Burghley; held various ecclesiastical preferments; Treasurer of Chichester 5 Jul 1598 – Dec 1610, Prebendary 30 Apr 1604 – Jan 1613/4, also Canon Residentiary 20 Jan 1609/10- Jan 1613/4; Master of the Savoy 24 Jan 1602/3-5; Dean of Westminster 5 Nov 1605 – Dec 1610; took a great interest in the School, and while Dean is said to have sent two or three scholars yearly to the Universities at his own cost; Rector of Southfleet, Kent 1608-10; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 9 Oct 1608; translated to Lichfield and Coventry 6 Dec 1610, and to Lincoln 18 Feb 1613/4; made a violent attack on the House of Commons 24 May 1614, for which he finally apologised with tears; translated to Durham 9 Oct 1617; Privy Councillor 29 Apr 1627; translated to Winchester 7 Feb 1627/8; accused of Arminianism by the Commons 13 Jun 1629; sat regularly in Court of High Commission and in the Star Chamber; Archbishop of York from 19 Mar 1631/2; an uncompromising churchman and strict disciplinarian; of little learning, but of much address and capacity for business; m. ; d. 31 Oct 1640. DNB.

In the account which he drew up of what had been done by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster during the time that he was Dean he records “Myself have yearly sent out of this School (besides those six that have been elected), whom I have gotten placed in other colleges besides Trinity College and Christ Church, some years two, some years three, and with some charge to me ; which I have carefully done in a thankful remembrance of God’s goodness showed to me in my being preferred from this School to St.John’s College, Cambridge, by the honourable bounty of my foundress and patroness, the Lady Mildred Burghley”.

NEGUS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1724; left 1725.

Negus, Alfred Ainger, son of Rev. Albert Edward Negus, Rector of Gt Leighs, Essex, and Mary Beatrice, d. of Rev. Hesketh Hanson, Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks; b. 23 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1923; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923 (organ schol.), BA 1926, MA 1930; RCM 1929, ARCO; music master Mill Hill Junior Sch. 1931-3; asst dir. of music Harrow Sch. 1933- 8; asst master Stowe Sch. 1940-1 and 1945-74; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt Lieut. A & SD); m. 14 Jan. 1939 Lily Catherine Lucy, d. of Richard Whittington MD, of Hove, Sussex; d. 6 June 1986.

Negus, Albert James Samuel, brother of Alfred Ainger Negus (qv); b. 16 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (G); left Dec. 1927; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931, MA 1939; FO RAFRO Sept. 1930, transf. A & SD June 1940 (Sqdn Ldr); m. 4 Nov. 1932 Nancy, d. of Rev. Wilfred Henry Carroll, Vicar of Roxwell, Essex; d. June 1986.

NEGOS, WILLIAM, of London; b.; adm.; QS; contributed to collection of verses made by the QSS on death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil 1597 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House), and to congratulatory verses written by the QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1598, aged 18; BA 1601; MA 1604; ordained deacon May 1605, priest Dec 1605 (both Oxford); Rector of Gayton-le-Wold, Lincs., 1611; Vicar of Spelsbury, Oxfordshire 1613.

Neep, Edward John Cecil, son of the Rev. Edward Neep, Rector of Sandiacre, Derbyshire, by Florence Emma, daughter of Edward Thomas Parker, of Bristol; b. Oct. 13, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left Dec. 1917; works chemist 1917-20; tutor and journalist 1920-3; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1923; South-eastern Circuit; practises at Patent and Parliamentary Bars; labour candidate for Woodbridge 1922-3, Central Leeds 1924, and Lowestoff 1931; Deputy Speaker and chairman of Committees, Kenya Legislative Council; Advocate, Supreme Court, Kenya; K.C. 1946; Q.C. 1952; author of Seditious Offences, Horatio Nelson, Gladstone, and other works; m. July 1, 1926, Evelyn, daughter of Sir Harry Gordon Pritchard, of Hampstead;d. 3 Oct 1980.

Neel, George Edric, son of George Henry Neel, sec. with Brit. Red Cross Society, of Hampstead, and Gladys May, d. of Henry Percy Fenwick, solicitor, of Cardiff; b. 20 Nov. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left Apr. 1932; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935 (1st class hons Pts I, II and III Archit. Trip.), MA 1939; ARIBA 1938; partner Archon Ltd 1938-52; m. 15 Sept. 1939 Mary Isabel, d. of George Douglas Budge, colliery manager, of Rhiwderin, Monmouthshire; d. 8 Apr. 1952.

NEEDHAM, WELLWOOD MAXWELL LAMBERT, third son of Sir Joseph Needham, Kt, Chief Justice of Trinidad, and Jane, eldest dau. of Col. Roderick Fraser, Inverness-shire; b. 18 Feb 1858; adm. 26 Jan 1872; left Christmas 1875; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, matr. Mich. 1878; adm. Middle Temple 7 Apr 1881, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; living at Hastings, Sussex, 1901 (1901 Census); m. Frances --- [check]; d. c. 1914.

NEEDHAM, WALTER, son of Rev. Gervase Needham, Vicar of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, and Ann Stephens (IGI); bapt. Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire 28 Dec 1632 (IGI); adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1650, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1650, scholar 1650; 7th in “ordo” 1653/4; BA 1653/4; MA 1657; Lic. Med. 1659; MD 1664; Fellow, Queens’ Coll. Cambridge 25 Jul 1655; Hon. FRCP Dec 1664, FRCP 12 Apr 1687; FRS 20 Jun 1667; Physician to the Charterhouse 7 Nov 1672; author, Disquisitio Anatomica de formato Foetu, 1667; d. 5 Apr 1691. DNB.