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NORRIS, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Thomas Norris MP, Speke, Lancashire, and Catherine, dau. of Sir Henry Garroway, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; adm.; KS in 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681 – c. 1690, Tutor 1687; took part in struggle with James II against the admission of Roman Catholics to Cambridge Univ. 1687; MP Liverpool 1695 – Nov 1701; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1697; created baronet 3 Dec 1698; sent out to India as King’s Commissioner to obtain trading privileges from the Mogul Emperor for the New General Society (otherwise English Company); landed at Masulipatam Sep 1699, but was not able to secure an audience with the Emperor Aurungzeb until 28 Apr 1701; after repeated interviews Norris left the Mogul camp in Nov 1701 without having achieved the objects of his mission; was forcibly detained for two months at Burhampuri, and not allowed to proceed until Feb 1701/2; sailed for England in ship Scipio 5 May 1702; lic. to m. 13 Dec 1689 Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas Pollexfen and of Isaac Meynell, both of London, and dau. of Robert Reade, Cheshunt, Herts.; d. 10 Oct 1702 on voyage back from India, and was buried at sea. DNB.

Noel-Baker, Hon. Francis Edward, son of Philip John, Baron Noel-Baker PC, Sec. of State for Commonwealth Relations, and Irene, d. of Francis Noel of Achmetaga, Evia, Greece; b. 7 Jan. 1920; adm. May 1934 (G); left Dec. 1938; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; Intell. Corps 1941-5 (Capt.), despatches (Middle East) Apr. 1944; MP (Lab.) Brentford 1945-50, Swindon 1955-69; PPS Admiralty 1949-50; resigned from Labour Party 1969, joined SDP 1981-3, Cons. Party 1984-; hon. Pres. Union of Forest Owners of Greece 1968-; dir. North Euboean Enterprises Ltd 1973-, Fini Fisheries Cyprus 1976-; author of Greece, the Whole Story 1946, Land and People of Greece 1957, My Cyprus File 1985; Three Saints and Poseidon 1989; m. 1st 1947 Ann Lavinia, d. of Hilary A. St George Saunders of Heathfield, Sussex; 2nd 26 July 1957 Barbara Christina, d. of Inj Josef Sonander of Norrkoping, Sweden; d. 25 Sept. 2009.

NOEL, W.; b.; in school list May 1803; left 1803. [Perhaps Hon. William Middleton Noel, an elder brother of Hon. Leland Noel (qv), b. 2 May 1789; MP Rutland 1838-40; Col., Rutland Militia 1839; m. 20 May 1817 Anne, dau. of Joseph Yates, Clanna Falls, Gloucs.; d. 20 Jan 1859]

NOEL, HON. JAMES, third son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough, and Lady Dorothea Manners, second dau. of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland PC; b. 18 Sep 1712; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1723/4; in school list Feb 1727/8; Grand Tour (Italy) 1731-2; MP Rutland from 1734; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; d. unm. 17 Jun 1752.

NICHOLL, JOHN, only son of Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl Kt PC FRS MP, Judge of Admiralty Court, and Judy, youngest dau. of Peter Birt, Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan; b. 21 Aug 1797; adm. 23 Sep 1806; in school list Oct 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1815, Canoneer Student 1816-22; 1st cl. Classics 1818; BCL 1823; DCL 1825; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1819, called to bar 1 Jul 1824; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 1826; MP (Cons) Cardiff Boroughs 1832-52; a Lord of the Treasury Mar - Apr 1835; Vicar-General, Province of Canterbury 1838-44; Judge Advocate-General 1841-6; Privy Councillor 14 Sep 1841; member, Board of Trade 21 Jan 1846; DL JP Glamorgan; chairman, Glamorgan QS; m. 14 Dec 1821 Jane Harriot, second dau. of Thomas Mansel Talbot, Margam Abbey, Glamorgan; d. at Rome 27 Jan 1853.

NICHOLL, SIR CHARLES GOUNTER, brother of George Gounter (qv); bapt. 7 Oct 1704; adm. Jan 1716/7; left 1717; subsequently at Winchester Coll. [check]; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Apr 1722; assumed additional surname of Nicholl; MP Peterborough from 29 Jan 1728/9; KB 17 Jan 1731/2; of Racton, Sussex; m. Nov 1727 Elizabeth, dau. of William Blunden, Basingstoke, Hampshire; d. 24 Nov 1733.

NEWSHAM, JAMES, only son of John Newsham MP, Chadshunt, Warwickshire, and his second wife Anne, dau. of James Craggs MP, Postmaster-General; b. 7 Oct 1715; adm. Apr 1723; in school list 1731; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1733; Grand Tour (Italy) 1735-7; member, Society of Dilettanti 1739; MP St. Germans 1741-7, St. Mawes 10 Dec 1754-61; d. unm. at St. Quentin, France Nov 1769.

NEWPORT, HENRY, 3RD EARL OF BRADFORD, son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, and Mary, third dau. of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, Bart., MP; b. 8 Aug 1683; at school under Knipe (The Works of Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol, 1782, i, 103); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1699, aged 15; Grand Tour (Italy) 1704-5, with William Pulteney (qv); MP Bishop’s Castle Mar 1705/6-8, Shropshire 1708-10, 1713-22; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Bradford 14 Jun 1723; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 28 Oct 1715 – 27 Apr 1725, Shropshire from 20 May 1724; d. unm. 25 Dec 1734. Buried Duke of Ormonde’s vault, Westminster Abbey.

NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER, BART., brother of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 30 May 1719; adm. Oct 1727; KS (Capt. ) 1732; succ. brother as 5th baronet 4 Apr 1734; left Jan 1736; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1736; MA 1738; DCL 13 Apr 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1738-40; of Harefield Place, Middlesex, and Arbury, Warwickshire; MP Middlesex 5 Aug 1742-7, Oxford University 31 Jan 1751-80; again travelling in Europe 1774-6; a staunch Tory, described in 1767 by Horace Walpole as a “half-converted Jacobite”; interested in architecture and classical sculpture; a benefactor of University Coll. and of the Radcliffe Library; founded Newdigate Prize for English verse at Oxford Univ. 1806; m. 1st, 31 May 1743 Sophia, dau. of Edward Conyers MP, Copped Hall, Epping, Essex; m. 2nd, 3 Jun 1776 Hester Margaretta, dau. of Edward Mundy, Shipley, Derbs.; d. 20 Nov 1806. DNB.

NEVILL, HENRY, 2ND EARL OF ABERGAVENNY, eldest son of George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny (qv); b. 22 Feb 1755; adm. 15 Jun 1766; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1773; MA 1776; MP Seaford 30 Mar 1784 –84, Monmouthshire 1784 – 9 Sep 1785; Recorder of Harwich; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Abergavenny 9 Sep 1785; KT 23 May 1814; m. 3 Oct 1781 Mary, only child of John Robinson MP, Wyke House, Middlesex, Secretary to the Treasury; d. 27 Mar 1843.