Modern English biography

ed._ (1856) _portrait_. NEWTON, ALFRED PIZZI. _b._ Essex 1830; painted water-colour pictures in the highlands of Scotland; selected by the queen to paint a picture as a wedding gift to the princess royal 1858; associate of the Old Society of painters in water-colours 1 March 1858, member 24 March 1879; exhibited 4 landscapes at R.A. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1855–9; his best known pictures are Mountain gloom 1860, The Mountain pass 1880, and Shetland desolation 1882. _d._ at house of his father-in-law Edward Wylie 14 Rock park, Rockferry, Liverpool 9 Sept. 1883. _I.L.N. 27 Oct. 1883 p._ 405 _portrait_. NEWTON, ANN MARY (dau. of Joseph Severn, painter, _d._ Rome 2 Aug. 1879). _b._ Rome 29 June 1832; studied under Ary Scheffer in Paris; painted many portraits in England; exhibited 7 portraits at the R.A. 1863–5; _m._ 27 April 1861 Sir Charles Thomas Newton 1816–94; made many drawings of the antiquities at the British Museum for her husband’s books and lectures; made many sketches in Greece and Asia Minor. _d._ 37 Gower st. Bedford sq. London 2 Jany. 1866. NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (son of rev. Newton Dickinson Hand Newton, V. of Bredwardine, Hereford, _d._ 1853). _b._ 1816; ed. at Shrewsbury and Ch. Ch. Oxf.; B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, D.C.L. 1875; LL.D. Cambridge and Ph.D. Strasburg 1879; Assistant in department of antiquities, British Museum May 1840 to Jany. 1852; vice consul at Mytilene 24 Jany. 1852; acting consul at Rhodes April 1852 to Jany. 1853; superintended excavations at Budrum and Cape Crio April 1856 to April 1859, discovered the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus; consul at Rome 10 June 1859 to 16 Jany. 1861; head of department of Greek and Roman antiquities in British Museum 17 Jany. 1861, resigned Dec. 1885; purchased for the Museum 1874 the collection of gems of the Duc de Blacus for £48,000, also the collection of bronzes, vases, &c. of Alexandro Castellani; antiquary to the Royal academy; corresponding member of the French institute; hon. fell. of Worcester coll. Oxf. 28 Nov. 1874; C.B. 16 Nov. 1875, K.C.B. 21 June 1887; presided at nearly all the meetings of the Hellenic Society 1879–84; the first professor of archæology in Univ. coll. London July 1880, resigned 1889; author of Notes on the sculptures at Wilton house, privately printed 1849; A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchida, 2 vols. 1862; Travels and discoveries in the Levant, 2 vols. 1865; Essays on art and archæology 1880; translated Panofka’s Manners and customs of the Greeks 1849; edited The collection of ancient Greek inscriptions in the British museum 1874. _d._ Westgate-on-Sea, Kent 28 Nov. 1894. _National Review Jany. 1895 pp._ 616–27; _I.L.N. 8 Dec. 1894 p._ 700 _portrait_; _Times 30 Nov. 1894 p._ 10. NEWTON, HORACE PARKER (3 son of Wm. Newton of Elveden, Suffolk). _b._ 29 Oct. 1824; 2 lieut. R.A. 11 Jany. 1843, col. 4 Feb. 1874; served in Crimean war 1854–6; commanded R.A. in Western district 1876–81; M.G. 13 Feb. 1881; placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 1 Feb. 1882. _d._ London 23 Sept. 1890. NEWTON, RICHARD. _b._ Liverpool 25 July 1813; graduated at univ. of Pennsylvania 1836, and at general theological seminary, New York 1839; R. of Holy Trinity ch., West Chester 1839; R. of St. Paul’s ch., Philadelphia 1840–62; R. of ch. of the Epiphany, Philadelphia 1862–81; R. of ch. of the Covenant, Philadelphia 1881 to death; D.D. Kenyon college, Ohio 1862; his sermons for children have been translated into French, German, Arabic, and other languages; author of The giants and how to fight them 1861, 9 ed. 1881; Rills from the fountain of life 1860, 6 ed. 1877; The king’s highway 1861; 5 ed. 1878; Bible jewels 1868, 3 ed. 1877, Nature’s mighty wonders 1871, 2 ed. 1877. _d._ Philadelphia 25 May 1887. _R. Newton’s The heath in the wilderness, to which is added the story of his life by W. W. N._, _New York_ (1888). NEWTON, ROBERT (4 son of Francis Newton, farmer 1732–1816). _b._ Roxby, north riding of Yorkshire 8 Sept. 1780; preached his first sermon 1798; Wesleyan minister in London 1812–4, at Liverpool 1817–20, 1826–32 and 1850–2, at Manchester 1820–6, 1832–5 and 1841–7, at Leeds 1835–41, and at Stockport 1847–50; gave his services during the week to the rural districts, travelling from six to eight thousand miles a year on preaching tours; president of the Wesleyan conference 1824, 1832, 1840 and 1848, secretary of the conference 19 times; visited Ireland 1822 for first time, and America 1839; created D.D. by an American univ. 1839; author of Memoirs of the late Mr. Francis Newton, Wakefield 1817; Sermons on special and ordinary occasions, edited by J. H. Rigg 1856. _d._ Easingwold, near York 30 April 1854. _T. Jackson’s Life of Rev. Robert Newton_ (1855) _portrait_; _A. Stevens’s History of methodism ii_ 364–8, 442, 610, 647 (1873–4) _portrait_; _G. Smales’s Whitby authors_ (1867) 129–41; _The lamps of the temple_, _3 ed._ (1856) 269–81; _The Pulpit v_ (1826) _portrait_; _J. Evans’ Lancashire authors_ (1850) 189–93. NEWTON, THOMAS DUNCOMBE (son of John Newton of the customs house, Plymouth). _b._ Weymouth 1799; educ. Totnes gram. sch.; member of Plymouth glee and madrigal club; a founder of The Blue Friars, Plymouth, and known as Brother Roger, sacristan 17 May 1829; friend of Charles Mathews. _d._ 5 West Hoe terrace, Plymouth 1869. _Wrights’ The Blue Friars_ (1889) 141, 217–18 _portrait_. NEWTON, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Newton of Chancery lane, London, globe maker). _b._ London 1786; globe maker, land surveyor, and draftsman at 66 Chancery lane, London, afterwards patent agent at same address to death; established London Journal of arts and sciences 1820, edited it to his death; introduced many valuable improvements into manufacture of globes and projection of maps; A.I.C.E. 1837; Associate of British archæological association 1846, contributed papers to the Journal; author of Letters and suggestions upon the amendment of the patent laws 1835; A display of heraldry 1846; London in the olden time 1855. _d._ Clarence house, Herne Bay 10 July 1861. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxi_ 593 (1862); _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xviii_ 359–60 (1862). NEWTON, WILLIAM. Resided at 35 Arbour sq. Stepney, London; member of metropolitan board of works for Mile End Old Town 1862 to death. _d._ 41 Stepney Green, London 9 March 1876. NEWTON, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ about 1789; lieutenant 1 foot 23 Aug. 1804; captain 64 foot 25 June 1808; captain 62 foot 29 June 1815, placed on h.p. 25 May 1817; major in the army 27 May 1825, placed on h.p. 11 May 1826; lieut. col. in the army 28 June 1838; major royal Canadian rifle regiment 16 July 1841, lieut. col. 18 Dec. 1845, sold out 9 Dec. 1849; K.H. 1836. _d._ 1874. NEWTON, SIR WILLIAM JOHN (son of James Newton the engraver). _b._ London 1785; engraved a few plates; became a miniature-painter; exhibited 343 miniatures at the R.A. 1808–63; miniature-painter in ordinary to Wm. IV and queen Adelaide 1831, and to Victoria 1837–58; knighted by the queen at St. James’s palace 19 July 1837; invented a plan for joining several pieces of ivory to form a large surface; his three large miniatures The coronation of the queen 1838, The marriage of the queen 1840, and The christening of the prince of Wales 1842, were lent to the Victorian exhibition at the New gallery 1892; many of his portraits were engraved; a collection of his works was sold at Christie’s 23 June 1890. _d._ 6 Cambridge terrace, Hyde park, London 22 Jany. 1869. NEWTON, WILLIAM SAMUEL. _b._ 16 Aug. 1816; ensign Coldstream guards 5 Dec. 1834, lieut. col. 13 Dec. 1860 to 2 July 1861; served in the Crimean campaign Oct. 1854 to April 1855; commanded at Malta 1868–70, at Dublin 1870–72; col. 82 foot 4 March 1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 1 July 1881. _d._ Eastbourne 16 Oct. 1889. NIAS, SIR JOSEPH (3 son of Joseph Nias, ship insurance broker). _b._ London 2 April 1793; entered navy 19 Nov. 1807; served in W. E. Parry’s three expeditions to the Arctic regions 1818–23; first lieutenant of the Asia at battle of Navarino 7 Sept. 1829, captain 8 July 1835; captain of the Herald, frigate in the East Indies 1838–43, served at capture of Canton; commanded the Ordinary at Devonport 1850–3; granted good service pension 12 Jany. 1854; superintendent of victualling yard and hospital at Plymouth 2 Nov. 1854 to 13 Nov. 1856; R.A. 14 Feb. 1857, V.A. 12 Sept. 1863, retired admiral 18 Oct. 1867; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ 56 Montagu sq. London 17 Dec. 1879. NIBLO, WILLIAM. _b._ Ireland 1789; went to New York, where he established a hotel and coffee-house; proprietor of Niblo’s Garden, New York 1829; purchased the library of Dr. Francis L. Hawks and presented it to New York historical society; left a library to the New York Young men’s christian association. _d._ New York 21 Aug. 1875. NICHOL, JAMES. _b._ Brechin, Forfarshire 1806; publisher in Edinburgh 1859 to death. _d._ Edinburgh 26 April 1866. _Bookseller May 1866 p._ 481. NICHOL, JOHN (only son of the succeeding). _b._ Montrose, Forfarshire 8 Sept. 1833; ed. in univ. of Glasgow 1848–55, and at Balliol coll. Oxf. 1855–9; B.A. Oxford 1859, M.A. 1874; LL.D. St. Andrews 1873, student of Gray’s Inn 12 Nov. 1859; professor of English literature in univ. of Glasgow 1861, resigned 1889; a private tutor at Oxford; lectured especially to ladies’ classes in Scotland and England; author of Fragments of criticism 1860; Hannibal, a classical drama 1872; Tables of European literature and history A.D. 200–1876, 1876, 5 ed. 1888; The death of Themistocles and other poems 1881; American literature, an historical review 1882; Lord Bacon’s Life and philosophy, 2 vols. 1887–9. _d._ 11 Stafford terrace, Kensington, London 11 Oct. 1894. NICHOL, JOHN PRINGLE (eld. son of John Nichol, gentleman farmer). _b._ Huntly Hill, near Brechin, Forfarshire 13 Jany. 1804; ed. at King’s college, Aberdeen; licensed as a preacher before he came of age; head master of the Hawick gr. sch.; editor of the Fife Herald; head master of Cupar academy; rector of Montrose academy 1827–34; regius professor of astronomy in univ. of Glasgow 1836 to death, procured transference of the Glasgow observatory from the college grounds to its present site at Dowanhill 1840; hon. LL.D. Aberdeen 1837; F.R.A.S.; F.R.S. Edinb. 1836; author of Views of the architecture of the heavens 1837, 9 ed. 1868; Phenomena of the solar system 1838; The system of the world 1846, 2 ed. 1848; The stellar universe 1847; The planetary system 1848; The planet Neptune 1855; A cyclopædia of the physical sciences 1857; translated Willm’s Education of the people 1847; one of the editors of Mackenzie’s Imperial dictionary of biography 1857. _d._ Glenburn house, near Rothesay, Buteshire 19 Sept. 1859. _Maclehose’s Hundred, Glasgow men ii_ 249–52 (1886) _portrait_; _G. Gilfillan’s A second gallery of literary portraits_ (1850) 231–55; _C. Mackay’s Forty years’ recollections i_ 313–24 (1877). NICHOLAS, RICHARD GRIFFIN. _b._ 23 Jany. 1843; cornet 3 dragoon guards 18 Feb. 1862, sold out 3 April 1866; served in the ranks 5 years and 9 months; riding master 4 dragoon guards 13 April 1872; lieut. 1 dragoon guards 14 Feb. 1874, adjutant 1874–81; captain 5 lancers 15 Oct. 1881; captain 1 dragoon guards 1 April 1882 to death. _d._ Canterbury 23 Jany. 1884. _bur._ St. Thomas’s hill cemet. 26 Jany. NICHOLAS, THOMAS. _b._ near Treffgarne chapel, Solva, Pembrokeshire 1820; ed. at Lancashire college, Manchester and in Germany, where he took degree of Ph.D.; became a Presbyterian minister; professor of biblical literature and mental and moral science at Presbyterian college, Carmarthen 1856, resigned 1863 and settled in London; one of promoters of a scheme for the furtherance of higher education in Wales on unsectarian principles, the University college of Wales was founded at Aberystwith 1867, one of the governors, drew out a new scheme of education; author of Middle and high class schools and university education for Wales 1863; Pedigree of the English people 1868, 5 ed. 1878; Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales, 2 vols. 1872; History and antiquities of the county of Glamorgan and its families 1874. _d._ 156 Cromwell road, London 14 May 1879. _Athenæum 24 May 1879 p._ 662. NICHOLAS, TRESSILIAN GEORGE (5 son of George Nicholas of St. George’s, Westminster). matric. from Wadham coll. Oxf. 25 April 1839, aged 17; B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846; C. of St. Lawrence, Reading 1845–6; P.C. of West Molesey, Surrey 1846–59; V. of Lower Halstow, Kent 1859–63; V. of West Molesey 1863 to death; author of Poems 1851; Sermon before the lord mayor and sheriffs of London 1858. _d._ West Molesey vicarage 23 Jany. 1891. NICHOLAY, JOHN AUGUSTUS. Furrier to the queen and royal family at 82 Oxford st. London to death; member of Metropolitan board of works for St. Marylebone 1856 to death. _d._ 82 Oxford st. London 20 Nov. 1873. NICHOLDS, JOSEPH. _b._ near Birmingham; wrote three oratorios, one of which, Babylon, was published posthumously, the others, Miriam and The Redemption are still in manuscript; published Sacred music, a selection of psalm and hymn tunes 1820. _d._ Sedgeley, near Dudley 18 Feb. 1860. NICHOLETTS, GILBERT (1 son of John Nicholetts of South Petherton, Somerset). _b._ 13 July 1826; educ. Rugby; lieut. 1 Bombay fusiliers 27 July 1848; adjutant to 1 Baluchis regiment 1854; served with 1 Sind horse in Persian war 1856, Persian medal and clasp; with 1 Baluchis regiment during Indian mutiny 1857–8, and was present in several actions; at the attack on Rampur Kussia succeeded to temporary command of the regiment and held it throughout the campaign; second in command of 1 Baluchis regiment 16 Sept. 1858 to 12 Feb. 1867; commandant of 2 Baluchis regiment 12 Feb. 1867 to death; lieut. col. Bombay staff corps 27 July 1874 to death; served in Afghan campaign 1878–9. _d._ Kokaran, Afghanistan 18 July 1879. _S. H. Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign_ (1882) 146–7 _portrait_. NICHOLL, FREDERICK ILTID. _b._ 1815; admitted solicitor 1840; practised at 18 Carey st. Chancery lane, London 1844, afterwards at Howard st. Strand to death; member of council of Incorporated law society 28 Nov. 1861, retired 1867; F.S.A. 30 May 1872. _d._ 120 Harley st. London 25 Feb. 1893. NICHOLL, GEORGE WHITLOCK (2 son of Iltyd Nicholl of The Ham, Cowbridge, Glamorganshire 1785–1871). _b._ 2 Feb. 1816; barrister M.T. 31 Jany. 1840; recorder of Usk Oct. 1861 to death; constable of the castle of Llanblethian. _d._ 1889. NICHOLL, JOHN (younger son of sir John Nicholl 1759–1838, dean of Arches and judge of high court of admiralty). _b._ Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 21 Aug. 1797; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.C.L. 1823, D.C.L. 1825; barrister L.I. 1 July 1824; advocate Doctors’ Commons 3 Nov. 1826; M.P. for Cardiff 1832–52; one of junior lords of treasury 14 March to 18 April 1835; vicar general of province of Canterbury Sept. 1838 to 1844; judge advocate general 14 Sept. 1841 to 31 Jany. 1846; P.C. 14 Sept. 1841; chairman of Glamorganshire quarter sessions; member of board of trade 21 Jany. 1846. _d._ Via Sistine, Rome 27 Jany.