NICHOLS, FRANCIS, second surviving son of Francis Nichols, Ampthill, Beds., and Middle Temple, London, and Margaret, dau, . of Sir George Bruce, Carnock, Stirlingshire, and Abbots Langley, Herts.; bapt. Abbots Langley, Herts. 12 Sep 1620; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student (still 1642); served in Royalist army; living 1651; d. at Paris by 1660.

Nicholas, Tressilian Bryan, son of Tressilian Charles Nicholas OBE MC, Fellow and Bursar of Trinity, Cambridge, and Emily Lothian, d. of John Buchanan of Wishaw, Lanarkshire; b. 19 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940 (open schol.), BA 1943, MA 1946; Roy. Signals 1941-6 (Lieut.); BEA 1947, traffic officer Rome 1949-54, station superintendent Pans and dep. man. France 1959-63, representative Poland 1963-9, Bulgaria and Romania 1972-5, retd 1976; m. 18 June 1949 Marie Antoinette Lorna, d. of William Percy Young of Beckenham, Kent; d. 25 July 2008

NICHOLAS, THOMAS, son of William Nicholas, Middlesex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1629; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

NICHOLAS, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 May 1635, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1640 – expulsion by Earl of Manchester 1644.

NICHOLAS, GEORGE, son of Very Rev. Matthew Nicholas DCL, Dean of St. Paul’s and Prebendary of Westminster, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Fowke, Bulwick, Northants; bapt. 31 Jul 1628; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1644, matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 18, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 1648; d. before 1672.

NEYVYNSON (or NEVYNSON), CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; KS 7 Jul 1547; left 1553.

NEWTON-ROBINSON, CHARLES EDMUND, eldest son of Sir John Charles Robinson CB, Newton Manor, Dorset, Crown Surveyor of Pictures, and Marianne Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Newton, Alderman, Norwich; b. 14 Oct 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1866 (James'); QS 1868; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1872, adm. pens. 17 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 12 Apr 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; assumed additional surname of Newton 6 Jun 1889; founder and chairman of council, Land Union; member of council, Yacht Racing Association; founded London Epée Club 1900; member of British Epée Team, Olympic Games, Athens 1906; author, The Golden Hind, 1880, and other vols. of poems; m. 15 Jan 1885 Jane Anna, second dau. of Robert Stirk, Grazing Nook, Bedale, Yorks., farmer; d. 21 Apr 1913.

NEWTON, THOMAS, only son of John Newton, Lichfield, Staffs., brandy and cider merchant, and his first wife Isabel, dau. of Rev. --- Rhodes; b. 21 Dec 1703; adm. Jun 1717; KS 1718; Capt. of the School 1722; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1723, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1723, scholar 17 Apr 1724; 8th in “ordo” 1726/7; BA 1726/7; MA 1730 (incorp. Oxford 13 Oct 1733); DD 1745; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1729, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1730; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1729, priest Feb 1730; Curate to his uncle Rev. Andrew Trebeck DD, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; Lecturer and afternoon preacher, South Audley Street Chapel; morning preacher, Spring Gardens Chapel; Rector of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London 16 Apr 1744-69; Chaplain to George II 1756 (still listed as Chaplain 1761); Prebendary of Westminster 22 Mar 1757-61; Sub-Almoner, Royal Household 25 Jun 1757 – Dec 1761; Precentor of York 16 Jun 1759- Dec 1761; President, Sion Coll. 1760; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 20 Nov 1761; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 28 Dec 1761; declined Archbishopric of Armagh and Primacy of Ireland 1764; Dean of St. Paul’s from 8 Oct 1768; author, A Dissertation on the Prophecies, 1754; gives some interesting information about his schoolfellows in his Autobiography; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1747 Jane, sister of James Trebeck (qv); m. 2nd, 5 Sep 1761 Elizabeth Vaughan, widow of Rev. Watson Hand, and illegitimate dau. of John Vaughan, 1st [check] Viscount Lisburne (I) MP; d. 14 Feb 1782. DNB.

NEWTON, RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Newton, Lavendon, Bucks., and Katherine, dau. of Martin Hervey, Weston Favell, Northants; b. 8 Nov 1676; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, Westminster Student 28 Jun 1795 – void 1707, Tutor 1703-7; BA 1698; MA 1701; BD 18 Mar 1707/8; DD 1710; ordained; Rector of Sudborough, Northants 14 Jun 1704-48; Rector of Lavendon, Bucks.; Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford 28 Jul 1710 – Aug 1740; endeavoured to establish it as a college for poor students desirous of taking orders; built part of the quadrangle at his own expense, and after a long struggle obtained a charter; first Principal of Hertford Coll. 27 Aug 1740; Canon of Christ Church from 5 Jan 1752/3; translated the Characters of Theophrastus into Latin, published 1754, and wrote several treatises on university education; m. 1st, Catherine, dau. of Andrew Adams, Welton, Northants; m. 2nd, lic. to m. 19 May 1744 Mary, fifth dau. of Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bart.; d. 21 Apr 1753. DNB.

NEWTON (or NEWBY), WALTER; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1589, matr. 30 Oct 1590, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1600 (listed as Newby in some Christ Church records); BA 1593; MA 1596.