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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.

NASH, ---; b.; in school list 1733.

NASH, ---; b.; in under school list 1730.

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

Nash, Alexander Desmond Michael Flight Lieutenant 102131
258 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed in action on the 19th of December 1943 aged 21
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.

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.