NORGATE, THOMAS, only child of Edward Norgate, Clerk of the Signet to Charles I, and Windsor Herald, and his first wife Judith, dau. of John Lanyer; b. 1615; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1633, matr. 29 Nov 1633, aged 18, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 1648; BA 1637; MA 1640; BD 1646; ordained; Chaplain to Sir Thomas Glemham, General of the Royal forces at Oxford; Vicar of Brailes, Warwicks., from 1651; d. 1695.

NORRIS, CHARLES, son of Rev. Charles Norris, Vicar of Brabourne, Kent, and Ann Kennet, Brabourne, Kent; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1757; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1762, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1762, scholar 6 May 1763, matr. 1763; 11th Wrangler 1766; BA 1766; MA 1769; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1767, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1769; ordained deacon (London) 21 Dec 1766, priest (Peterborough) 25 Dec 1770; Curate, Brabourne, Kent 1766; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs., from 1780; Whitehall Preacher (occurs 1780, 1783); Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1790; Rector of Wolterton with Wickmere, Norfolk 1791-1800; Vicar of Aylsham, Norfolk, from 24 Oct 1800; Prebendary of Canterbury from 14 Jan 1799; d. 16 Dec 1833.

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.

NORTHRYGE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

NORTON, JOHN, son of Richard Norton; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) in 1660; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663; BA 1665/6; MA 1669 (incorp. Oxford 1669); unsuccessfully petitioned Charles II in 1668 for a letter to the Master and Fellows of Trinity Coll. to grant him the next Fellowship, Norton stating that “he was put aside last election of Fellows on account of His Majesty’s letter for another : if not elected this term will become incapable, as scholars of the seventh year have to take their MA degree and cannot then be Fellows” (CSP Dom 1667-8, 597, where the petition of Ralph Norton to Lord Arlington on behalf of his ward John Norton will also be found); ordained; Vicar of Rushden, Herts., from 1669; d. 1684.

Nott-Bower, Reginald Ernest, son of Sir Edmund Ernest Nott-Bower, K.C.B., of Richmond, Surrey, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, by Louisa Adelaide, daughter of Capt. James Charles Yorke, of Gwernant, Cardiganshire; b. April 18, 1887; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; left (with Triplett) July 1906; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Micahlemas 1906; B.A. 1910; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1916; practised at Reading Berks; served in Great War I and was wounded at Loos in Sept. 1915; Major 12th Batt. Rifle Brigade April 20, 1915; m. April 24, 1920, Mary Dorothy, daughter of Professor Herbert McLeod, LL.D., F.R.S., of Richmond, Surrey; d. Oct. 1947·

NYCHOLAS, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

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.

OAKELEY, JOHN, second son of William Oakeley (qv), and his second wife; bapt. 4 Apr 1683; adm.; KS 1698; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Mar 1699/1700; BA 1703/4; MA 1707; Perne Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge 13 May 1709; adm. Middle Temple 4 Jun 1708, called to bar 27 May 1715; d. 18 Feb 1717/8.

RICHARDS, ROBERT VAUGHAN, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv); b. 3 Nov 1790; adm.; KS 1804; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 26 Nov 1819, Bencher 1839; special pleader; Oxford and Welsh Circuits; QC Feb 1839; m. 29 Jun 1818 Jane, dau. of Matthew Chalié, Mincing Lane, London, wine merchant; d. 2 Jul 1846.