NASH, RICHARD, son of Gawen Harris Nash, Petworth, Sussex, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Sir Henry Peachey, Bart., MP; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1729; left 1738; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 May 1738; of Walberton, Sussex; m. Jemima, dau. of Edward Mainwaring, Whitmore Hall, Staffs.; d. 1776. [but will of him or a son proved PCC 9 Dec 1794 (sic) ?]
NASH, RICHARD RUSSELL, son of Richard Nash, Kemsey, Worcs., and Elizabeth, dau. of George Treadway, Turkey merchant; b. 28 Mar 1712; adm. Jan 1723/4; KS 1726; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1730, matr. 4 Jun 1730, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1730 – void 7 Dec 1749 (expiry year of grace as V. Chalgrove from 13 Dec 1748), Tutor 1737-40, Librarian 1739, Junior Censor 1739-40; BA 1734; MA 1737; BD and DD 1751; ordained; Prebendary of Worcester from 14 Jun 1742; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire 1748; of Clerkenleap, Worcs.; m. 2 Oct 1752 Frances, only dau. of John Ravenhill, Strensham, Worcs.; d. 18 Oct 1757.
NASH, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1717.
NASH, J.; b.; in school list 1803.
Nash, Humphrey Norman, son of Rev. Herbert Norman Nash, Vicar of St John's Grantham, and Louise Marval; b. 17 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left July 1925; farming in New Zealand, Kent and N. Rhodesia; m. 12 Dec. 1938 Jennie Edna, d of Edward Charles Peters; d. 1962.
Nash, Frank Hider, son of William Herbert Nash, of St. Johns Wood, London, by Sophie, daughter of Edmund Hider; b. April 25, 1874; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left July 1889; a manufacturer; m. July 14, 1904, Adelaide Cunningham, daughter of Affleck Duncan Fraser, of Gunnersbury, Middlesex.
NASH, CHARLES, son of Gawen Harris Nash, Petworth, Sussex, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Sir Robert Fagg, Bart., Wiston, Sussex; half-brother of Richard Nash (qv); bapt. 2 Jan 1728; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1742 (Morel's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 May 1746; BA 1749/50; MA 1761; ordained deacon 18 Mar 1753, priest Mar 1754 (both Norwich); Curate, Little Saxham, Suffolk 1753; Rector of Alborne, Sussex, from 31 Jan 1758; Rector of Twineham, Sussex, from Feb 1758; Rector of St. John Southover, Lewes, Sussex, from 19 Feb 1767; m.; d. 1777 (will proved PCC 10 Dec 1777).
Nash, Alexander Desmond Michael, son of Christopher Michael and Ethelinda Jarman Nash of Ealing; b. 24 Nov. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; RAFVR 1941-4 (Flt Lieut.); killed in action 19 Dec 1943.
Alexander Desmond Michael Nash was born on the 22nd of November 1922 the son of Captain Christopher Michael Nash, a rubber planter, and Ethelinda Jarman (nee Clarke) Nash of 17, Mount Avenue, Ealing in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1936 to July 1939.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 23rd of July 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 23rd of July 1942 and to Flight Lieutenant on the 23rd of July 1943. He was posted to 285 Squadron.
Alexander Nash took off at 2.45pm on the 19th of December 1943 in Hurricane Mk IIB BG688 with five other aircraft from his Squadron for a patrol over Dohazari. As they were climbing out after takeoff his aircraft collided with Hurricane Mk IIB PJ785 flown by Pilot Officer Peter Ireland Hickes. Both aircraft crashed and both pilots were killed. The remaining four aircraft completed their mission and returned to base at 4.20pm.
He is buried at Chittagong War Cemetery Plot 6, Row A, Grave 12.
NASH, ---; b.; in school list 1733.
NASH, ---; b.; in under school list 1730.