NEWLAND, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1636; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1639, adm. pens. 30 May 1639, scholar 1640; BA 1642/3.
NEWEY, THOMAS, son of Thomas Newey, Eyton, Shropshire; b.; adm.; BB 1669; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1675, matr. 18 Jun 1675, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1675 – void 1704, Tutor 1682-91, Junior Censor 1685-7, Senior Censor 1688-9, Catechist 1692-3; BA 1679; MA 1682; BD 1692; DD 1701; Proctor 1689; ordained priest (Rochester) 22 May 1692 [but already ordained by Jul 1686 ?]; Chaplain to Right Rev. Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv), Bishop of Exeter; Prebendary of Exeter from 1 Oct 1692, Chancellor 5 May 1704-6, Precentor from 11 Dec 1706; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 15 Jun 1702-10 (disp. to hold with Harberton 1703); Vicar of Harberton, Devon 5 Apr 1703-10; Rector of Itchen Abbas, Hampshire (by 1708); Rector of Wonston, Hampshire, from 3 Jun 1710; Prebendary of Winchester from 23 Jun 1712; d. 6 May 1723.
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.
NEWBERY, FRANCIS, of London; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1590, matr. 15 Jan 1590/1, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1595; BA 1594; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Feb 1594/5.
NEVILE, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1607, adm. scholar 1608, matr. Easter 1608; BA 1611/2; MA 1615; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1612; d. 1616.
Nesbitt, Alan Chancellor, second son of Robert Henry Nesbitt, of Kensington, by Emma, daughter of George Chancellor, of Chessington Hall, Surrey; b. Feb. 2, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 16, 1886; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1892, matric. Oct. 14, 1892; rode against Cambridge in the bicycle races (1 mile, 4 miles and 10 miles) 1893, 1894, and 1896; B.A. 1897; adm. to Lincolns Inn 1896; called to the bar April 26, 1899; a Bencher of Lincolns Inn May 3, 1937; Conveyancing Counsel to the Court 1941; seccretary of the Elizabethan Club 1905-12; m. 1st Oct. 6, 1903, Amy, second daughter of Robert Castle, of Oxford; 2nd; d. June 28, 1949.
NELSON, WILLIAM, son of William Nelson, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1741/2; KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void 28 Jul 1756 (expiry year of grace as R. Eriswell from 1 Aug 1755); BA 1753; ordained deacon 17 Jun 1753, priest 9 Jun 1754 (both Oxford); Rector of Eriswell, Suffolk 1755. [Presumably William Nelson, son of William Nelson and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Oct 1729 (IGI)].
Nelson, William Horace Vere, only son of Percy William Nelson, of Mayfair, by Gertrude, daughter of Charles James Bennett, of Blackheath Park, Kent; b. Nov. 11, 1895; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; left (with Triplett) July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Sherwood Foresters Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. July 28, 1915, attached 11th Batt.; went out to the western front in Nov. 1915; was twice wounded; d. July 8, 1916, of wounds received in action at Fricourt, Somme.
NEGOS, WILLIAM, of London; b.; adm.; QS; contributed to collection of verses made by the QSS on death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil 1597 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House), and to congratulatory verses written by the QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1598, aged 18; BA 1601; MA 1604; ordained deacon May 1605, priest Dec 1605 (both Oxford); Rector of Gayton-le-Wold, Lincs., 1611; Vicar of Spelsbury, Oxfordshire 1613.
Neep, Edward John Cecil, son of the Rev. Edward Neep, Rector of Sandiacre, Derbyshire, by Florence Emma, daughter of Edward Thomas Parker, of Bristol; b. Oct. 13, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left Dec. 1917; works chemist 1917-20; tutor and journalist 1920-3; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1923; South-eastern Circuit; practises at Patent and Parliamentary Bars; labour candidate for Woodbridge 1922-3, Central Leeds 1924, and Lowestoff 1931; Deputy Speaker and chairman of Committees, Kenya Legislative Council; Advocate, Supreme Court, Kenya; K.C. 1946; Q.C. 1952; author of Seditious Offences, Horatio Nelson, Gladstone, and other works; m. July 1, 1926, Evelyn, daughter of Sir Harry Gordon Pritchard, of Hampstead;d. 3 Oct 1980.