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NARES, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Nares (qv); b.; adm. 7 Feb 1774; an attorney; practised in London until 1798; m. 17 Nov 1798 Anne Harrison, Clapham, Middlesex; d. c. 1825. [will of William Nares, gentleman, St. Luke’s, Chelsea, proved PCC 26 Mar 1827]

NARES, ROBERT, elder son of James Nares, Mus. Doc., Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, and Organist and Composer to the King, and Jane, dau. of --- Bacon, York; b. 9 Jun 1753; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 – void 18 Jun 1783 (expiry year of grace as R. Easton Maudit from 21 Jun 1782), Tutor 1778; BA 1775; MA 1778; tutor to Williams-Wynn family at Wynnstay 1779-83; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1776, priest 21 Dec 1777 (both Oxford); Rector of Easton Maudit, Northants 15 Jun 1782-1805; Vicar of Great Doddington, Northants 6 Aug 1784-99; Usher at the School 1786-8; Assistant Preacher, Lincoln’s Inn 1788-1803; Assistant Librarian, British Museum 1795-9, Keeper of Manuscripts 1799-1807; Rector of Sharnford, Leics., 1798-9; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 14 Nov 1798; Prebendary of Lichfield 19 Dec 1798 –1812; Vicar of Dalby, Derbs. 1796; Archdeacon of Stafford from 28 Apr 1801; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Reading, Berks., 23 May 1805-18; Vicar of All Hallows, London Wall, from 21 Jan 1818; FSA 4 Jun 1795; FRS 10 May 1804; founded The British Critic 1793; author, A Glossary, or Collection of Words, etc., 1822, and other works; m. 1st, 24 Aug 1784 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Thomas Bayley, Chelmsford, Essex; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1794 Frances Maria, dau. of Charles Fleetwood, Edgware Road, Paddington, previously EICS [check Presidency]; m. 3rd, 14 May 1800 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1774, qv); d. 23 Mar 1829. DNB.

NARES, GEORGE WALTER ADAMS, youngest son of Edward Nares (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Feb 1806; adm. 19 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left 14 Feb 1818; at Charterhouse Sch. 1820-1; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1823; Ensign, 19th Native Infantry 9 Jan 1824; Lieut., 53rd Native Infantry 13 May 1825 – 13 Nov 1834, when cashiered in India; m. at Barrackpore, India 28 Jul 1831 Mary Isabella, divorced wife of Major John Austen, Goudhurst, Kent, widow of --- Springett, and dau. of Darcy Lever, Alkrington, Lancs.; d. 24 Aug 1841.

NARES, GEORGE STRANGE, second son of Sir George Nares, Kt, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mary, third dau. of Sir John Strange MP, Master of the Rolls; b. 29 Apr 1759; adm. 27 Jun 1768; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1776, matr. 5 Jun 1776, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1776 – void 27 Jun 1780 (leave of absence from 2 Apr 1778); Ensign, 70th Foot 9 Jun 1778; Lieut., 24 May 1779; Capt., 31 Dec 1781; took part in capture of Martinique 16 Mar 1794; m. --- Heard, Ireland; d. of fever at Martinique, West Indies 20 Apr 1794.

Nares, Geoffrey Owen, brother of David Owen Nares (qv); b. 10 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left Apr. 1934; an actor and stage designer; first appeared (under his father's management) in The Winning Post at the Globe Theatre Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. RASC Oct. 1940, transf. 12 Lancers Aug. 1941; d. on active service 20 Aug. 1942.

Geoffrey Owen Nares was born at Hampstead, London on the 10th of June 1917 the younger son of Owen Ramsey Nares, an actor, and Marie (nee Polini) Nares, an actress, of 35, Hamilton Terrace, Westminster and of Highmoor in Oxfordshire. He was christened at St Augustine’s Church, Paddington on the 17th of November 1917. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1930 to April 1934. He won a Sir Henry Lucy Prize for Art in 1931. On leaving school he became an actor and a theatre designer, his first appearance being in the part of a stable boy in “The Winning Post”, starring Lawrence Olivier at the Adelphi Theatre on the 17th of December 1934. In June 1935 he played Kim Oldham in “Grief Goes Over” at the Globe Theatre and he played Martin Hilton in “Call it a Day” at the Glove Theatre, London in October of the same year which ran for more than a year; his father was also a member of the cast. As well as being an actor he was a designer of scenery for the stage and designed sets for “Candida”, “The Constant Wife”, ”Gaily We Set Out”, and “Blondie White”.
He enlisted as a Driver in the Royal Army Service Corps before being attending an Officer Producing School and being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 26th of October 1940. He transferred to the 12th Royal Lancers in August 1941 and was posted to the Middle East where he contracted pappataci (sand fly fever) and died from a brain tumour in hospital at Cairo.
He is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery Plot 2 Row D grave 14.

NARES, EDWARD, brother of George Strange Nares (qv); b. 26 Mar 1762; adm. 9 Jul 1770; left 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1779; BA 1783; MA 1789; BD and DD 1813; Fellow, Merton Coll. 2 Aug 1788 – Apr 1797, Principal 1790-3, Sub-Warden 1793-7, Bursar 1794-7; Bampton Lecturer 1805; Select Preacher 1807, 1814, 1825; Regius Prof. of Modern History, Oxford Univ., from 1812; ordained 1792; Curate, St. Peter’s in the East, Oxford 1793; Rector of Biddenden, Kent, from 28 Apr 1798; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Canterbury, from 1812; Rector of Newchurch, Kent 2 Feb 1827-34; for his experiences at the School see White, Versatile Professor, 1903, 7-16; author, Memoirs of the Life and Administration of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1828-31, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Apr 1797 Lady Georgina Charlotte Spencer Churchill, third dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG; m. 2nd, 30 Jun 1803 Cordelia, second dau. of Thomas Adams, Cranbrook, Kent; d. 20 Aug 1841. DNB.

NARES, EDWARD ROBERT, eldest son of Edward Nares (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Apr 1804; adm. 19 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left 14 Feb 1818; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1821, postmaster 1822-5; BA 1826; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both London); Curate, Newchurch, Kent 1828-34; Domestic Chaplain to Duchess of Marlborough; Rector of Newchurch, Kent 4 Mar 1834-47; Rector of Wittersham, Kent, from 1847; Vicar of Brenzette, Kent, from 1847; JP Kent; m. 7 Jun 1830 Cecilia, third dau. of David Denne, Lydd, Kent; d. 17 May 1865.

Nares, David Owen, son of Owen Ramsey Nares, actor, and Marie, d. of G. M. Polini; b. 6 May 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (G); left July 1931; dir. W. S. Crawford Ltd, advertising agents; RA 1939-45 (Maj.); m. 1st 19 July 1938 Jane, d. of Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Raikes Lovett Thompson Bt; 2nd 12 May 1955 Ulla Hall of Artillerigatan, Stockholm; 3rd 7 May 1964 Anne Kempton; d. 7 Aug. 1980.

NAPPER, ---; b.; adm. Jun or Jul 1716; in under school lists 1716-20.