NEILL, JOHN JAMES VANSITTART, youngest son of Brig. -Gen. James George Smith Neill CB, EICS Madras, and Isabella (Lady Neill), dau. of William Warde (qv); b. 19 Jul 1851; adm. 28 Sep 1861 (G); left Dec 1867; m. Alice Bristowe; killed accidentally when riding near Corowa, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jul 1880.

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, 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.

NEDHAM, WILLIAM DANDY, son of Hampson Nedham, Mount Olive, Jamaica, barrister, and Martha, dau. of John Dubber, Witney, Oxfordshire; b. 23 Sep 1730; adm. Jun 1746 (Preston's); left 1748; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1748, aged 17; adm. Inner Temple 3 Aug 1748; Speaker, House of Assembly, Jamaica 1766; m. 1st, 4 Jun 1760 Mary, widow of Vere Hicks, Jamaica, and dau. of John Morant, Brockenhurst, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 7 Apr 1769 Eleanor, dau. of Archibald Aikenhead, Stirling Castle, Jamaica; d. 1811.

NEDHAM, SAMUEL, eighth son of Francis Nedham, Gaddesby, Leics., and Dorothy, dau. of William Chamberlaine, Tilton, Leics.; b.; adm.; KS 1665; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Oct 1667, Jermyn scholar 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1686; ordained; Rector of Dickleburgh, Norfolk, from 1684; m. 1691 Lydia, dau. of Rev. John Ward, Warlingworth, Suffolk; buried Dickleburgh, Norfolk 31 Mar 1724.

NECTON, JAMES; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1584, adm. scholar 1585, matr. Mich. 1584. [Possibly James Necton, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, adm. Gray’s Inn 4 Nov 1586, called to bar 20 Nov 1595; name last appears in Gray’s Inn Pension Book on 8 Nov 1616].