NEYVYNSON (or NEVYNSON), CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; KS 7 Jul 1547; left 1553.
NEWTON-ROBINSON, CHARLES EDMUND, eldest son of Sir John Charles Robinson CB, Newton Manor, Dorset, Crown Surveyor of Pictures, and Marianne Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Newton, Alderman, Norwich; b. 14 Oct 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1866 (James'); QS 1868; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1872, adm. pens. 17 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 12 Apr 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; assumed additional surname of Newton 6 Jun 1889; founder and chairman of council, Land Union; member of council, Yacht Racing Association; founded London Epée Club 1900; member of British Epée Team, Olympic Games, Athens 1906; author, The Golden Hind, 1880, and other vols. of poems; m. 15 Jan 1885 Jane Anna, second dau. of Robert Stirk, Grazing Nook, Bedale, Yorks., farmer; d. 21 Apr 1913.
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, NEWTON DICKENSON HAND, son of George Watson Hand (qv); b. 7 Dec 1778; adm. 6 Jul 1792 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796 (as Hand, Christian name not stated); St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1802, aged 23; BA 1806; assumed additional surname of Newton 18 Apr 1806; ordained; Vicar of Bredwardine and Rector of Brobury, Herefs., from 18 May 1829; m. 24 Jul 1810 Julia Wyatt (IGI); d. 22 Nov 1853.
Newton, George Humphreys, son of Henry Cecil Newton, of Epsom, Surrey, by Catherine Amelia, daughter of Rees Charles Price, of Newton Abbot, Devon; b. Oct. 8, 1881; at Merchant Taylors' School 1891-2; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (G); left Dec. 1898; served in Paget's Horse in the South African War 1899-1901, and in India in Great War I; V.D. 1923; a civil engineer at Trichinopoly, South India; m. Nov. 24, 1909, Winifred Frances, second daughter of Richard Ladbroke Shubrick, of Trichinopoly.
Newton, Douglas Anthony, son of John Newton, Bank of England clerk, ofEsher, Surrey, and Janet Mary, a. of George RobertGwynofTwickenham; b. 21 Dec. l 915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1933; Principal Probate Registry 1934; 2nd Lieut. RA Dec. 1940, attd RIASC 1942 (Capt.), APM Colombo (Maj.), demob. 1946; Registrar Principal Probate Registry 1959, sen. Registrar Principal Registry Family Divn High Court 1972-5, retd 1975; CB 1976; m. 11 Aug. 1946 Barbara, d. of John Sutherland of Aberdeen; d. June 1993.
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.
Newson, William Hill, son of Harry Newson, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, by Alice Jane Elizabeth, daughter of James Hill, H.M. Receiver General for Scotland; b. Feb. 3, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1912; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. (T.F.) Gordon Highlanders Nov. 14, 1914; Lieut. Oct. 21, 1916; Capt. Jan. 21, 1918; acting Major 7th Batt.; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; adm. a solicitor Jan. 20, 1920; practised in the City of London; Capt., Inns of Court Regt. April 29, 1922; Major Nov. 21, 1925; Lieut. Col. June 14, 1935; T.D. 1933; Chief Instructor R.A.C. (Inns of Court) Wing, O.C.T.U., Camberley, Sept. 3, 1939; m. Oct. 12, 1931, Jessie Nora, daughter of George Finch, of Hyde Park; d. 1976.
NEWNHAM-DAVIS, ROBERT WILKINSON, son of Nathaniel Newnham-Davis, Greville Road, Maida Vale, London, (“no occupation”, 1881 Census), and Caroline Isabella Anne, dau. of Thomas Wilkinson, Brighton, Sussex; b. 12 Aug 1869; adm. 31 May 1883 (H); left Aug 1884; St. Mary’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP 1893; a medical practitioner in London (living unm. in 1901).