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Napier, Basil Hope, son of Francis Horatio Napier OBE MD, ophthalmic surgeon, Transvaal Legislative Assembly, and Margaret Elizabeth Horatia, d. of Lieut.-Col. William Hope VC; b. 6 Aug. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (B), (G) Jan. 1927; left July 1929; d. in Tanganyika 10 Oct. 1932, apparently murdered by a native.

Naylor, Basil Drummond, son of Nathaniel Naylor of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Elizabeth Short, d. of Samuel Drummond of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 8 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1943; 17/21 Lancers RAC 1943-6, seconded RASC 1946 (Capt. and Adj. HQ 4 Inf. Divn), Staff Capt. HQ Land Forces Greece 1947; office man. Shell Petroleum Co. 1948; job evaluation man. Lucas Aerospace Ltd. 1970; retd. 1985; m. 17 May 1952 Elizabeth June, d. of Reginald Edward West, wine and spirit merchant, of St Margaret’s Bay; d. 4 Apr. 2004.

Nesbitt, Thomas Hunter Michael, son of Thomas Hunter Nesbitt MBE, actor, and Isabel Mignon O’Doherty, actress; b. 11 May 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1940; ARIBA 1949; an architect, practising in London; m. 25 Feb. 1950 Anna Hathaway, d. of Lieut. -Col. William Gordon Bartlett, US Cavalry, of Washington DC, USA; d. 13 May 1971.

Noel, Anthony Gerard Edward, 5th Earl of Gainsborough, son of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough OBE TD, and Alice Mary, d. of Edward Eyre of Gloucester House, Park Lane, London; b. 24 Oct. 1923; succ. father as 5th Earl of Gainsborough 27 Aug. 1927; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; went to Georgetown Sch. Garrett Park, MD, USA; chmn. Oakham RDC 1952-67; JP Rutland 1957; Knight of Malta 1948, Bailiff GC Sovereign Order of Malta 1958; KStJ 1970; Master, Worshipful Company of Gardeners 1967; chmn. Rutland CC 1970-3, Rutland District Council 1973-9; pres., Assn. of District Councils 1974-80; m. 23 July 1947 Mary, d. of Maj. Hon. John Joseph Stourton; d. 29 Dec. 2009.

Norris, John Kingsley, son of Frederick Aubrey Norris, engineer, and Elizabeth, d. of Luther John Hobden of Framfield, Sussex; b. 21 Feb. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (B); left July 1946; a farmer and baker; m. 28 Nov. 1959 Janet Amanda, d. of Wilfred Rankin of Hastings, Sussex; d. 22 Sept. 1995.

Northcott, John Anthony Fraser, son of Rev. Reginald James Northcott, Vicar of Charlton Kings, Gloucs, and Susan Frances Northcott; b. 8 Feb. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (B); left July 1938 and went to Cheltenham Coll.; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards June 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1953; ord. deacon 1950, priest 1951 (London); Curate St Martin’s-in-the-Fields 1950; Chaplain to the Forces Apr. 1952, regimental chaplain Korea and Hong Kong 1952-3, Germany 1953-7, UK 1957; d. 5 Aug. 1964.

Nunns, Edmund Bennett, brother of Ernest Frederick Bennett Nunns (qv); b. 25 May 19 I 3; adm. Sept. 1926 (B), (R) Jan. 1927; left July 1930; RA 1941-6 (Maj.), GSO2 SHAEF 1944-6, despatches (NW Europe) Aug. 1945; I st Sec. (Information) Brit. Embassy Belgrade 1946-7; BBC Foreign Services (Eastern Europe) 1948; m. 17 Oct. 1944 Mary Florence, d. of Roger Hulton; d. 15 Oct. 1972.

Nunns, Ernest Frederick Bennett, son of Ernest Frederick Nunns, GPO surveyor, and Mabel Constance, d. of Edmund Bennett of Sunbury-on-Thames; b. 25 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (A), (B) Sept. 1925; left July 1926; a chartered accountant, ACA 1932; FCA 1939; Min. of Supply (non-ferrous metal control) in WW2; finance dir. Amalgamated Metal Corpn; m. 23 Apr. 1938 Brenda Evelyn Mary, d. of Charles Alfred Speed Williams, HM Customs Service, of High Salvington, Sussex; d. 23 Jan. 1982.

Nunns, Richard Ernest, son of Ernest Frederick Bennett Nunns (qv); b. 14 Oct. 1939; adm. Jan. 1953 (B); left Dec. 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; a chartered accountant, ACA 1966, FCA 1976; lecturer Middlesex Poly. 1961-6, North Lond. Poly. 1971-6; head of Finance and Accountancy Brighton Poly. 1977-88; assoc. Dean Brighton Bus. Sch. 1987-8; m. 1965 Jennifer Margaret Carless, occupational therapist, d. of James Kingdon Carless, quantity surveyor, of Mulrany, Co. Mayo, and niece of Henry Alfred Carless (qv, Vol. III); d. 13 Sept. 1988.

Orbach, John Leo Louis, son of George Orbach, merchant banker, and Vera, d. of S. Loewe, man. dir. Vickers Ltd, of Ripley, Surrey; b. 28 July 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (B); left Apr. 1937; Magd. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1946; Roy. Tank Regt 1940-6 (Maj.); exec. Eagle & Roy. Dutch Shell Groups; m. 27 Oct. 1950 Marie Madeleine, d. of Séverin de Charmant of Geneva; d. 16 Jan. 1997.