O’BRIEN, WILLIAM, third son of Henry O’Brien, Stonehall, co. Clare, and Blatherwycke, Northants, and Susannah, dau. of William Stafford, Blatherwycke, Northants; b. Dublin; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1729/30; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1736; left 1740; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. min. pens. 15 Jun 1742; ordained deacon (Lincoln, lit. dim. from Peterborough) 25 Sep 1743; d. unm. [will proved PC Dublin 1752]
O’BRIEN, JAMES THOMAS, second son of Right Rev. James Thomas O’Brien DD, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, and Ellen, second dau. of Right Hon. Edward Pennefather PC (I), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; b. 19 Aug 1841; adm. Jan 1855 (G); QS 1856; left 1859; Ensign, 43rd Foot 10 Jul 1863; Lieut., 29 Jul 1865; Capt., 18 Oct 1873; Maj., 19 Aug 1881; Paymaster, 21 Dec 1881; retd. 19 Sep 1894; served in New Zealand War 1864-5; d. 17 Oct 1894.
O’BRIEN, SIR GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL, brother of James Thomas O’Brien (qv); b. 5 Nov 1844; at Marlborough Coll. Feb 1856 – Easter 1858; adm. 3 Jun 1858 (G); QS 1859; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1862; gave evidence before Public Schools Commission 3 Feb 1863 (Parliamentary Papers, 1864, xxi, 495-504); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1863 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 3 Jun 1863, matr. 1864; Ceylon Civil Service 1867; Police Magistrate, Harrispattu Jan 1869; acting Second Assistant Colonial Secretary Feb 1870, Principal Assistant Sep 1876; Treasurer, Ceylon Aug 1886-90, Controller of the Revenue 1890-1; Colonial Secretary, Cyprus 1891-2, Hong Kong 1892-5; Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, and Consul-General, Western Pacific Islands, 1897-1902; CMG 24 May 1889; KCMG 26 May 1894; benefactor; d. 12 Apr 1906.
O’BRIEN, FRANCIS ALEXANDER, brother of James Thomas O’Brien (qv); b. 13 Jul 1850; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (G); QS 1865; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1869, matr. 19 May 1869; BA 1873; MA 1878; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1879 (both Gloucester and Bristol); Curate, Iron Acton, Gloucs., 1877-84; Rector of Walton d’Eiville, Warwicks., 1884-98; Rector of Charwelton, Northants 10 Nov 1898 – Oct 1920; m. 17 Jun 1884 Edith Christina, youngest dau. of Edward Burges, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucs., solicitor; d. 23 Jan 1927.
Nye, Stanley, brother of Hubert Nye (q.v.); b. Nov. 1, 1874; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left April 1892; a member of the London Stock Exchange; m. Aug. 31, 1901, Gertrude Maud Kate, daughter of Walter Joseph Baker, C.E., of Wallington, Surrey; d. Oct. 11, 1958.
Nye, Hubert, eldest son of Thomas Nye, of Wallington, Surrey, by Louisa, daughter of Henry Tayler Standfast, of Westminster; b. May 19, 1873; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left July 1890; a member of the London Stock Exchange, firm, Thomas Nye and Son; m. Jan. 17, 1899, Maude Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Philip Goosey, of Clapham Rise, d. Oct. 6, 1904.
Nye, Gerald, brother of Hubert Nye (q.v.); b. April 16, 1878; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left April 1894; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1899; d. April 1, 1949.
NYCHOLAS, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
NUTTYNGE, THOMAS; b.; GS 1540 (British Library, Add. MSS 40061); KS 1543; left 1543 (Chapter Muniments).
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.