Modern English biography

Martineau’s Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ (1876) 122–30; _The Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 412–17; _Men of the time, British statesmen_ (1854) 240–50; _G.M. xvii_ 783–86 (1864); _I.L.N. viii_ 129 (1846) _portrait_; _The British cabinet in 1853_, 240–50; _Reynolds’s Miscellany xxvii_ 308 (1862) _portrait_. NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM ALEXANDER PELHAM-CLINTON, 6 Duke of. _b._ 25 Jany. 1834; styled lord Clinton 1834–51, and earl of Lincoln 1851–64; ed. at Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 20 Oct. 1852; M.P. Newark 1857–9; succeeded 18 Oct. 1864; kept race horses from 1856, but was always unfortunate; grand master of the freemasons of Nottingham; bankrupt 11 Feb. 1870, bankruptcy annulled 31 Jany. 1871. _d._ 10 Park place, St. James’s, London 22 Feb. 1879. _Baily’s mag. xii_ 1–3 (1867) _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_ 385, 386 (1857) _portrait_. NEWCOMB, GEORGE. _b._ Chelmsford 1835; member of Smith’s circus at Chelmsford about 1852; engaged as bottom densman at Wombwell’s No. 2 menagerie at Ramsgate; became a lion tamer; had his left eye torn out by a leopard; had an encounter at Swindon with five African lions 1874, when he received 9 wounds on the right arm and other injuries, 3 of the lions died in the struggle. _d._ about 4 Jany. 1890. NEWCOMBE, JOHN REILLY. _b._ Bath 20 March 1803; bought the lease of the Swansea theatre; manager with Paul John Bedford of theatre royal, Bath 12 April to 22 May 1841; lessee and manager of theatre royal, Plymouth 16 April 1845 to death; lessee and manager of Devonport theatre to 1874, also of Barnstaple theatre; engaged Taglioni, the dancer, at salary of £100 a night 1845, Macready played at Plymouth in Sept. 1849, at a nightly salary of 50 guineas, to nearly empty houses, on account of the cholera epidemic; lost £10,000 during his first ten years 1845–55; the theatre partly burnt 1853; spent £3,000 renovating the theatre, which was opened 19 Aug. 1861; the house was damaged by fire 5 Jany. 1863, but re-opened 12 Jany.; it was burnt down 13 June 1878, when he lost £4,000, the theatre was rebuilt by the town council and re-opened 24 Dec. 1878; presented with £700 and a silver salver by 237 friends at duke of Cornwall hotel, Plymouth 6 Nov. 1878; was a good low comedian, his three best parts were the Widow Twankey, Bob Handy, and Jeremy Diddler; nearly always played in his Christmas pantomime; was the oldest lessee and manager in England, and had the last stock company in the provinces; hunted for 60 years down to a few months before his death; judge at Plymouth race meetings for some years; rode in several races. _d._ 4 Crescent place, Plymouth 18 July 1887. _bur._ Plymouth cemetery 21 July. _Era 23 July 1887 p._ 13; _Western Morning News 19 July 1887 p._ 5, _22 July p._ 5. NOTE.--He is drawn by Mortimer Collins in his novel Two plunges for a pearl, 3 vols. 1872, under name of Oldgo. His elder son Albert Newcombe, who was his treasurer and acting manager many years, _d._ 28 Jany. 1881, aged 48, and his younger son Arthur Newcombe _d._ 15 Aug. 1883, aged 34. NEWCOME, EDWARD CLOUGH (son of rev. William Newcome). Educ. Eton 1823 etc.; capt. East Norfolk artillery militia; J.P. for Norfolk; a lover of hawking; an ornithologist. _d._ Feltwell hall, near Brandon 22 Oct. 1871. NEWCOME, RICHARD. _b._ 1779; ed. at Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1804; R. of Llanrydd, Denbighshire, and warden of Ruthin, Denbighshire 1804–51; R. of Llanfwrog, Denbighshire 1804–51; canon of Bangor 15 June 1821 to 1834; R. of Clocaenog, Denbighshire 20 Dec. 1829 to 1834; archdeacon of Merioneth 4 June 1834 to death; R. of Llanrhaiadr-in-Kimmerch, Denbighshire 1851 to death. _d._ Llanrhaiadr vicarage 7 Aug. 1857. NEWCOMEN, ARTHUR HENRY TURNER (son of Arthur Newcomen, 1 lieut. royal horse artillery, _d._ 1848). _b._ Kirkleatham hall, near Redcar 1844; master of a pack of harriers at the age of thirteen; master of the Cleveland hounds 1875 to death; a breeder of horses, and owner of race horses; the chief promoter of the Redcar race course and grand stand; a good shot, a fisherman, and a cricketer. _d._ 6 April 1884. _Baily’s Mag. xxvii_ 311 (1875) _portrait_. NEWDEGATE, CHARLES NEWDIGATE (only son of Charles Newdigate Newdegate of Harefield place, Middlesex, _d._ 1833). _b._ 14 July 1816; ed. at Eton 1829–34, and at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1849, M.A. 1859, D.C.L. 1863; M.P. for North Warwickshire 11 March 1843–85; a great opponent of the church of Rome; P.C. 6 Feb. 1886; presented by his Warwickshire constituents with an illuminated address and £547, 1886; published between 1849 and 1852 many letters on The balance of trade, ascertained from the market value of all articles imported; author of A collection of the customs’ tariffs of all nations 1855; Speech on the state of Ireland and the proposals for the establishment of a Roman catholic university 1868. _d._ Arbury hall, Warwickshire 9 April