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GB-2014-WSA-12843 · Person · 1881-1961

Naish, Francis Clement Prideaux, son of the Rev. Francis Clement Naish, Vicar of Upnor, Kent, by Beatrice Ann, daughter of Nicholas Marshall, of Harvington, Worcs.; b. March 14, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left April 1898; Sidney Sussex Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1908; ordained deacon 1904, priest 1905 (Peterborough); Curate of Rothwell, Northants, 1904-6; of St. Stephen's, Paddington, 1906-11, of St. Michael's, Paddington, 1911-3, of Weston, Rants, 1913-4; enlisted in R.E. at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Sept. 27, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 25, 1917; acting Capt. Aug. 15, 1917; wounded Nov. 29, 1917; retired on account of ill health caused by wounds, with the rank of Capt.; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; m. July 17, 1907, Irene Staniforth, daughter of George Whitmore Brabant, of Lincolns Inn; d. July 6, 1961.

Nairne, James, ca. 1705-?
GB-2014-WSA-12842 · Person · ca. 1705-?

NAIRNE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 12) Aug 1717; in under school list 1719.

Nairn, Thomas, ca. 1710-?
GB-2014-WSA-12841 · Person · ca. 1710-?

NAIRN, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1723; in under school list 1724.

GB-2014-WSA-20632 · Person · 1930-2020

Nagle, Robert Emerson, son of Ronald Francis Nagle AMIEE, Admiralty, Bath, Somerset, and Evelyn Raybould, d. of James Taggart Emerson; b. 28 Nov. 1930; adm. May 1943 (G); left July 1949; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952; Univ. Coll. Hosp., MB BChir 1955; MRCP 1962, FRCP 1974; consult. cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hosps. Birmingham, Warks; m. 6 Oct. 1956 Eleanor Susan, sister of Basil George Almond (qv); d. 26 Dec 2020.

GB-2014-WSA-12840 · Person · 1914-1942

Nadin, Richard Eric Dorning, son of Eric Dorning Nadin of Lymm, Cheshire, and Agnes Rob­erts Georgina. d. of John Richard Spaven of Levenshulme, Manchester; b. 7 Sept. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (KS); left July 1931; a bank clerk; London Scottish in WW2, transf. Army Air Corps and trained as glider pilot; killed in a flying accident 13 Oct. 1942.

Richard Eric Dorning Nadin was born at Bucklow, Cheshire on the 7th of September 1914 the son of Eric Dorning Nadin and Agnes Roberta Georgina (nee Spaven) Nadin.
He was educated at Stoneygate School, Leicester and at Westminster School where he was a King’s Scholar from September 1928 to July 1931. On leaving school he worked as a bank clerk. His parents were divorced in 1921 and his mother was later remarried to Richard T. Berry. He lived with them at 30, Porchester Road, Bournemouth in Hampshire.
Following the outbreak of war he enlisted as a Private in the London Scottish Regiment before later transferring to the Glider Pilot Regiment. He was posted to No. 21 Elementary Flying School for pilot training.
On the 13th of October 1942, Richard Nadin took off in Tiger Moth Mk II T6444 for a training flight with his flying instructor Sergeant Harold Owen Thomas. During the flight the aircraft struck high tension overhead cables causing the aircraft to crash at Dock Farm, Meadle near Princes Risborough, killing both men. The cause of the accident was attributed to the instructor flying below the authorised height for the exercise.
He is buried at Wimbourne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth Section T.2, Grave 6.5.

GB-2014-WSA-12839 · Person · 1916-1992

Mytton-Mills, Richard (known at school as Richard Mytton Mills), son of Richard Oswald Mills (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left Apr. 1934; Roy. Welch Fusiliers 1940-5 (Maj.), MBE (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; a farmer; dir. Hookham Farming Co.; pres. Nat. Pig Breeders' Assn 1969-70; dir. United Pig Breeders plc 1965-86; m. 9 Apr. 1947 Julia Marguerita, d. of John Henry Dean of Duntisbourne Leer, Gloucs.; d. 1 June 1992.

Mytton, John, 1796-1834
GB-2014-WSA-12838 · Person · 1796-1834

MYTTON, JOHN, only son of John Mytton (adm. 1777, qv); b. 30 Oct 1796; adm. 5 Jun 1807; left 1811; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jan 1816; Cornet, 7th Hussars 30 May 1816-7; of Halston, Shropshire; Master of the Foxhounds which hunted the Albrighton country 1817-21; a racehorse owner 1817-30, keeping a large stud but never breeding a good horse; MP Shrewsbury 25 May 1819-20; High Sheriff, Merioneth 1821, Shropshire 1823; a famous sportsman of great physical strength and foolhardy courage; also a riotous spendthrift with a taste for practical jokes, and became an alcoholic; his average allowance of port is said to have been four to six bottles; squandered his large fortune, and in 1821 was forced to take refuge from his creditors at Calais; m. 1st, 21 May 1818 Harriet Emma, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart., MP; m. 2nd, 29 Oct 1821 Caroline Mallett, sixth dau. of Thomas Giffard, Chillington, Staffs.; d. of delirium tremens in the King’s Bench Prison 29 Mar 1834. DNB.

Mytton, John, 1768-1798
GB-2014-WSA-12837 · Person · 1768-1798

MYTTON, JOHN, only son of John Mytton (adm. 1750, qv); b. 3 Mar 1768; adm. 27 Jan 1777; left Whitsun 1785; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1785; of Halston, Shropshire; m. 13 Oct 1795 Harriet, third dau. of William Mostyn-Owen MP, Woodhouse, Shropshire; d. 8 Sep 1798.

Mytton, John, 1737-1783
GB-2014-WSA-12836 · Person · 1737-1783

MYTTON, JOHN, only son of John Mytton, Halston, Shropshire, and Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Davenport, Davenport House, Shropshire; b. 10 Feb 1736/7; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1750 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Oct 1755, matr. Mich. 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-61; of Halston, Shropshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1764; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1774; FRS 26 Feb 1767; lic. to m. 25 Apr 1767 Rebecca, sister of Dryden Walter Pigott (qv); d. 26 Oct 1783.

Mytton, Devereux, 1725-1809
GB-2014-WSA-12835 · Person · 1725-1809

MYTTON, DEVEREUX, third son of Richard Mytton, Pontyscrowryd, Montgomeryshire, and Dorothy, dau. of Brockwel Wynn, Garth, Montgomeryshire; b. 22 Oct 1725; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1737; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1742 (Hutton's); left 1745; inherited Pontyscrowryd and Garth estates; m. 1st, 17 Jan 1745 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Richard Jones, Trelydan, Montgomeryshire; m. 2nd, Eleanora, dau. of George Devereux; d. 13 May 1809.