Nov. 1814 to 1816; ensign 22 N.I. 1816; lieut. 25 Dec. 1817;
captain 43 N.I. 24 Jany. 1829; major 26 Sept. 1841 to 11 Nov.
1847; lieut.-col. 72 N.I. 11 Nov. 1847 to 1852 of 18 N.I. 1852–5
and of 47 N.I. 1855–6; commandant at Delhi 7 Nov. 1854 to 27
Feb. 1856; col. of 46 N.I. 15 July 1857 to death; L.G. 23 March
1869; C.B. 27 June 1846. _d._ Dehra, Meerut 1 Jany. 1870.
NASH, JOSEPH (son of rev. Okey Nash who kept the Manor house
school at Croydon). b. Great Marlow, Bucks. 17 Dec. 1809;
pupil of Augustus Pugin the architect; associate of society
of painters in water-colours 1834, member 1842; published
Architecture of the middle ages 1838; The mansions of England in
the olden time 4 series 1839–49; lithographed Sir D. Wilkie’s
Sketches in Turkey 1843, Sir D. Wilkie’s Sketches in Spain 1846,
and Views of Windsor Castle 1848; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A.
and 11 at B.I. 1831–71; granted civil list pension of £100, 19
June 1878; illustrated J. P. Lawson’s Scotland delineated 1847;
E. Macdermott’s The merrie days of England 1859; Old English
ballads 1864; with L. Haghe and others painted Dickinson’s
comprehensive picture of the great exhibition of 1851 executed
for prince Albert 1854. _d._ Hereford road, Bayswater, London 19
Dec. 1878. _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists II_ 120–32
(1880); _I.L.N. lxxiv_ 21 (1879) _portrait_.
NASH, ROWLAND (son of James Nash, architect _d._ 1842 aged 95).
_b._ 1784; served in the Volunteers 1799; assistant registrar
and solicitor at the bishop’s registry, diocese of Lincoln,
some years; lost heavily in lottery speculations; edited the
Star newspaper in London; a colonial and parliamentary agent in
London; author of Nash’s Marriage and divorce law 1859. _d._ 45
Amwell st. Clerkenwell, London 10 Sept. 1859. _Law Times 1 Oct.
1859 pp._ 22–3.
NASMITH, DAVID (1 son of David Nasmith of London). _b._ 1829;
matric. univ. of London 1849; LL.B. 1870; barrister M.T. 26
Jany. 1865; Q.C. 13 Feb. 1888; had an extensive practice in the
common law courts; F.S.S.; hon. LL.D. of St. Andrew’s univ.;
translated J. L. E. Ortolan’s The history of Roman law 1871;
author of The chronometrical chart of the history of England
1863; The institutes of English public law 1873; The institutes
of English private law 1875; The institutes of English adjective
law 1879; Outline of history from Romulus to Justinian 1890;
Makers of modern thought, 2 vols. 1892; he also published a
series called The practical linguist, French and German, 7 vols.
1870–3; resided 37 Norland sq. London. _d._ Evelyn house, Herne
Bay, Kent 10 July 1894.
NASMYTH, CHARLES (eld. son of Robert Nasmyth, F.R.C.S Edinb.)
_b._ Edinburgh Sept. 1825; ed. at Addiscombe 1843–5; 2 lieut.
Bombay artillery 12 Dec. 1845, 1 lieut. 4 Feb. 1850; Times
correspondent in Omar Pasha’s camp at Shumla; reached Silistria
28 March 1854, before it was invested by the Russians, Nasmyth
and captain J. A. Butler conducted the defence for the Turks,
and continually headed sorties against the besiegers, the
Russians compelled to raise the siege 22 June 1854; freedom
of city of Edinburgh conferred on him 2 March 1855; appointed
captain unattached and brevet major in British army 15 Sept.
1854 for his services at Silistria; present at battle of the
Alma and siege of Sevastapol; assistant adjutant general of
Kilkenny district 1855; brigade major at the Curragh camp
1856–7; brigade major of second infantry brigade, Dublin 1857–8;
brigade major at Sydney, N.S.W. 1858–9; major of 4 foot 25 May
1860, but sold out same day. _d._ Pau, France 2 June 1861.
_I.L.N. xxxix_ 36 (1861) _portrait_.
NASMYTH, JAMES HALL (son of Alexander Nasmyth, artist
1758–1840). _b._ 47 York place, Edinburgh 19 Aug. 1808; ed. at
Edinb. high school 1817, and at school of arts 1821; assistant
to Henry Maudslay, engineer at Lambeth, London May 1829, and to
his partner, Joshua Field Feb. to Aug. 1831; invented a flexible
shaft for driving small drills 1829, and the nut-shaping
machine 1830; engineer in Dale st. Manchester 1834; built
the Bridgewater foundry at Patricroft, near Manchester 1836;
partner with Holbrook Gaskell 1836–52; made many improvements
in machine tools; invented the steam hammer 1839, which he
patented 9 June 1842; erected the first steam hammer in this
country at Patricroft 1843; applied steam hammer to pile driving
1845; proposed the use of chilled cast-iron shot 1862; retired
from business 1856, lived at Penshurst, Kent 1856 to death;
contributed Remarks on tools and machines to T. Baker’s Elements
of mechanism 1858, 2 ed. 1867; author with James Carpenter of
The Moon, considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite
1874, 3 ed. 1885. _d._ Bailey’s hotel, Gloucester road, South
Kensington 7 May 1890. _James Nasmyth, an autobiography_,
_edited by S. Smiles_ (1883) _portrait_.
NASON, JOHN. _b._ 19 Sept. 1827; ensign 49 foot 9 May 1846,
captain 29 Oct. 1854; major depôt battalion 1 Oct. 1856, lieut.
col. 3 March 1866, placed on h.p. 13 June 1870; lieut. col.
brigade depôt 1 April 1873, placed on h.p. 1 April 1878; A.A.G.
Northern district 1 Oct. 1870 to 31 March 1873; A.A. and Q.M.G.
Northern district 8 May 1880 to 20 Dec. 1881; M.G. 10 July 1881;
placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 1 April 1885. _d._
Comrie, Perthshire 23 April 1891.
NATHAN, BARON (brother of the succeeding). _b._ 1793; teacher
of dancing at 10 Kennington Cross, London 1844 to death; master
of the ceremonies and managing director at Rosherville gardens,
near Gravesend, many years, where on his benefit night he
used to dance a hornpipe blindfolded in the midst of a number
of eggs, placed on various parts of the stage, without once
touching an egg, this was known as the egg hornpipe; there are
many portraits of him in the early vols. of Punch. _d._ 10
Kennington Cross, London 6 Dec. 1856.
NATHAN, ISAAC (son of jewish parents). _b._ Canterbury 1792;
educ. Cambridge; articled to Dominico Corri of London, Italian
composer; made his début on the stage as Henry Bertram in
Bishop’s opera Guy Mannering at Covent Garden 12 March 1816, but
his voice was not strong enough for the stage; dramatist and
musical composer; musical historian to George IV and instructor
in music to princess Charlotte of Wales; went to Sydney N.S.W.
1841, where he frequently lectured on music; author of An essay
on the history of music 1823; Musurgia vocalis; an essay on
the history of music 1836 vol. 1 no more published; Fugitive
pieces and reminiscences of Lord Byron 1829; Memoirs of Madame
Malibran de Beriot 1836, 3 ed. 1836; The Southern Euphrosyne
and Australian miscellany, Sydney 1846; Lectures on music 1846;
composer of A selection of ancient and modern Hebrew melodies,
poetry by lord Bryon, music by J. Braham and I. Nathan 1815; God
save the Regent, a national song 1818; Sweethearts and wives, an
operatic comedy Haymarket 7 July 1823 ran 50 nights; The Alcaid,
a comic opera Haymarket 10 Aug. 1824; The illustrious stranger,
an operatic farce Drury Lane 4 Oct. 1827; Merry freaks, an
operatic drama Sydney 1851; resided at Byron lodge, Randwick,
Sydney. _killed_ descending from a tramcar in Pitt st. Sydney 15
Jany. 1864. _bur._ Camperdown cemet. 17 Jany. _Notes and Queries
viii_ 494, _ix_ 71, 137, 178, 197, 355 (1883–4); _Georgian Era
iv_ 280 (1834).
NATHAN, MOSES NATHAN. _b._ 1805; Jewish rabbi at Denmark court
synagogue, London then at Liverpool 1829; one of the first to
give instruction to Jews in the English language; the first to
preach for the benefit of a christian institution, the Liverpool
dispensary 1833; minister in Jamaica, St. Thomas and New
Orleans; author of Prepare to meet thy God 0 Israel, a sermon,
Jamaica 1843; A defence of ancient rabbinical interpretation
of the law of Deut. xxiii, 3, an answer to J. M. De Solla,
Kingston, Jam. 5621 (1861). _d._ Bath 13 May 1883. _bur._ Ball’s
Pond cemet. _Jewish World 18 May 1883 p._ 2.
NAYLOR, HENRY. First appeared on the stage at Drury Lane theatre
26 Dec. 1847 as the Henchman in Harlequin King gold; pantaloon
in the Christmas pantomimes at Sadler’s Wells theatre Dec. 1852
to Dec. 1857; prompter at Vaudeville theatre, played the Butler
in Our Boys there 4 Feb. 1879. _d._ 6 Feb. 1879 aged 60.
NAYLOR, JAMES. _b._ Glasgow 1817; connected with Fox, Henderson
& Co. London and Birmingham; established the Britannia
engineering works, Birkenhead 1852; inventor of the floating
graving dock; inventor and builder of the largest steam cranes
in the world; a leading contractor to the admiralty nearly 40
years. _d._ 12 Sept. 1894.
NAYLOR, SIDNEY. _b._ Kensington, London 24 July 1841; pianist,
conductor, and composer; organist successively at St. George’s,
Bloomsbury, St. Michael’s, Bassishaw, and St. Mary’s, Newington;
had remarkable facility in transposition of music; one of the
best accompanists to vocalists in his day; accompanist to Sims
Reeves from 1870, and at London ballad concerts many years;
partner with Carl Rosa in his second opera season 1874; composed
a Te Deum, The Well of St. Keyne, a ballad 1880, and other
songs; _m._ 16 Dec. 1868 Blanche Cole, soprano singer, they
separated, she _d._ 30 Aug. 1888; he _d._ London 4 March 1893.
_bur._ West Brompton cemet. _Illust. sp. and dr. news_ 11 March
1893 _p._ 24 _portrait_.
NAYLOR, THOMAS HACKE (son of Thomas Hargrave Naylor of
Carisbrook, Isle of Wight). _b._ 4 Dec. 1809; educ. at Queen’s
coll. Camb., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; barrister I.T. 19 Nov.
1841; went Norfolk circuit; recorder of Sudbury and judge of
court of pleas of that borough Aug. 1866 to death; mayor of
Cambridge 1872–3, and 1877–8; author of Cases in election law
decided in Cambridge borough scrutiny 1857. _d._ The Hill house,
Chesterton, Cambs. 3 March 1882. _Law Journal lxxii_ 376 (1882).
NAYLOR, WILLIAM. _b._ 8 May 1782; Wesleyan Methodist minister
at Retford 1802–3, Gainsborough 1803–5, Edinburgh 1805–7,
Liverpool 1820–3, London 1829–35 and 1850–3, Manchester 1847–50;
author of The visions of sapience, reply to a malignant attack
on Methodism by J. Douglas, Leeds 1815; Miscellaneous musings,
poems 1835; Hymns for personal, domestic, and social worship,
Manchester 1850; Selections from a minister’s manuscripts,
Wednesbury 1854, and 24 other books, chiefly sermons. _d._ 1868.
NEALE, EDWARD ST. JOHN (son of Daniel Neale of Supreme court,
Madras). Joined the Liberating army of Portugal 20 Sept. 1832,
engaged in attack on St. Sebastian May 1836; member of order
of St. Ferdinand; accompanied sir G. L. Hodges to Servia May
1837; in charge of consulate at Belgrade; British vice-consul at
Alexandria 1841; consul at Varna in Bulgaria 1847; consul for
the Morea 1858; consul at Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Montenegro
1858; secretary of legation in China 3 Jany. 1860, in Japan 25
Jany. 1862, and at Athens 21 April 1865; chargé d’affaires and
consul general at Guayaquil, Equador 14 Aug. 1865 to death; C.B.
27 Nov. 1863. _d._ the British legation house, Quito 11 Dec.
1866. _I.L.N. xliv_ 208 (1864) _portrait_; _F.O. List Jany. 1867
pp._ 133, 180.
NEALE, EDWARD VANSITTART (only son of Edward Vansittart, rector
of Taplow, Bucks., who took surname of Neale 1805, and _d._ 21
Jany. 1850). _b._ Bath 2 April 1810; ed. at Oriel coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1831, M.A. 1836; barrister L.I. 5 May 1837; joined the
Christian Socialists 1850; founded the first London co-operative
stores at Charlotte st. Fitzroy sq.; established the Central
co-operative agency 1851; spent £40,000 in his efforts to
promote co-operation; helped to found the Cobden Mills 1866, and
the Agricultural and Horticultural association 1867; promoted
the annual co-operative congress from 1869; a member of London
section of the Central board 1872–5, general secretary to the
board 1875, resigned 11 Sept. 1891; author of Feasts and fasts,
an essay on the laws relating to Sundays and other holidays
and days of fasting 1845; The co-operator’s handbook 1861; The
analogy of thought and nature investigated 1863; The mythical
element in christianity 1872 and many addresses and lectures.
_d._ Bentinck st. Manchester sq. London 16 Sept. 1892. _bur._
Bisham churchyard. A Vansittart Neale scholarship founded at
Oriel college, and a memorial tablet with marble bust portrait
unveiled in crypt of St. Paul’s cathedral 3 March 1894. _Life
of F. D. Maurice ii_ 75, 157, 220, 232 (1884); _Holyoake’s
History of co-operation i_ 139, _ii_ 55, 58, 59, 393, 435
(1875–7); _Holyoake’s Co-operative movement to-day_ (1891)
25, 29, 47, 51, 95, 103, 127; _Beatrice Potter’s Co-operative
movement in Great Britain_ (1891) 122 _et seq._; _Economic
Review Jany. 1893 pp._ 38–94, _April 1893 pp._ 174, 189.
NEALE, ERSKINE (son of Adam Neale, army physician, _d._ 1832).
_b._ 12 March 1804; ed. at Westminster and Emm. coll. Camb.,
B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; lecturer of St. Hilda church, Jarrow 24
June 1828; V. of Adlingfleet, Yorkshire 19 Oct. 1835–44; R. of
Kirton, Suffolk 1844–54; V. of Exning with Lanwade, Suffolk
1854 to death; an expert in handwriting, a witness at the trial
of Ryves _v._ the attorney general June 1866; author of The
living and the dead, By A Country Curate 1827, second series
1829; Whychcotte of St. John’s, 2 vols. 1833; The life-book of a
labourer, By A Working Clergyman 1839, 2 ed. 1850; The bishop’s
daughter 1842, 2 ed. 1853; Experiences of a gaol chaplain, 3
vols. 1847; The closing scene, or Christianity and infidelity
contrasted in the last hours of remarkable persons 1848, second
series 1848; The life of Edward, duke of Kent 1850, 2 ed. 1850.
_d._ Exning vicarage 23 Nov. 1883. _Notes and Queries xii_ 465
(1885), _i_ 31, 115, 156 (1886).
NEALE, JOHN MASON (only son of rev. Cornelius Neale, fellow
of St. John’s coll. Camb., _d._ 1823). _b._ 40 Lamb’s Conduit
st. Holborn, London 24 Jany. 1818; ed. Blackheath sch. and at
Sherborne; won a scholarship at Trin. coll. Camb. 12 April
1839; B.A. 1840, M.A. 1845; D.D. Trin. coll. Hartford, U.S. of
America 1861; Seatonian prizeman 1845 and 9 times afterwards; a
founder of the Cambridge Camden society 1839; fellow and tutor
of Downing coll. 1840; declined the provostship of St. Ninians,
Perth 1850; warden of Sackville college, East Grinstead 1846 to
death; rebuilt Sackville college chapel 1850, adding ornaments
which were denounced by Dr. Gilbert, bishop of Chichester,
who inhibited him from officiating in his diocese, a suit was
instituted and Neale was defeated, the inhibition was removed
Nov. 1863; founded St. Margaret’s sisterhood at Rotherfield
1854, transferred to East Grinstead 1856; was unequalled
as a translator of ancient Latin and Greek hymns, knew 20
languages; wrote one-eighth of the hymns in Hymns ancient
and modern, including Jerusalem the golden; leader writer on
Morning Chronicle 1851–3; edited and translated The rhythm of
Bernard de Morlaix on the celestial country 1859, 3 ed. 1866; A
commentary on the psalms 1860, 3 ed. 1874; The history of pews
1841, 3 ed. 1843; Agnes de Tracy, a tale 1843; English history
for children 1845, 3 ed. 1849; Herbert Tresham, a tale 1843, 2
ed. 1870; A history of the holy eastern church, 5 vols. 1850–73;
Handbook for travellers in Portugal 1855, 4 ed. 1887; Hymns
of the eastern church 1862, 5 ed. 1888; Selections from the
writings of J. M. N. 1864, 2 ed. 1887; Hymns chiefly mediæval
1865, 2 ed. 1867; Sermons preached in Sackville college, 4 vols.
1871–82; and upwards of 100 other works 1841–66; composer of An
Eastern carol 1849. _d._ Sackville college, East Grinstead 6
Aug. 1866. _bur._ East Grinstead 10 Aug. _St. Margaret’s Mag.
20 July 1887 pp._ 12–20, _21 Jany. 1888 pp._ 54–69, _20 July
pp._ 123–51; _Huntington’s Random recollections_ (1893) 198–223;
_Julian’s Dictionary of hymnology_ (1892) 785–90; _G.M. ii_
407–10 (1866); _Notes and Queries_, _6th series ii_ 102–4, 193
(1880).
NEALE, WILLIAM HENRY (3 son of rev. James Neale, P.C. of
Allerton Mauleverer, near York, _d._ 1828). _bapt._ at Little
Hampton, Sussex 12 May 1785; ed. at Christ’s hospital and Pemb.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811; master of Beverley gr.
sch. 8 Feb. 1808, resigned Dec. 1815; chaplain of the county
bridewell in Gosport, Hampshire Nov. 1823–50; F.S.A. 5 March
1840; a poor brother of the Charterhouse 1853 to death; author
of The Mohammedan system of theology, or a survey of Islamism
contrasted with Christianity 1828; The different dispensations
of the true religion considered 1843; The prophecies of Hosea
translated, 2 ed. 1850. _d._ the Charterhouse, London 20 Jany.
1855.
NEALE, WILLIAM JOHNSTOUN NELSON (brother of Erskine Neale
1804–83). _b._ 1812; entered navy 1824, served at Navarino
1827; barrister M.T. 25 Nov. 1836; recorder of Walsall Aug.
1859 to death; high bailiff of Birmingham county court many
years; author of Cavendish or the patrician at sea, 3 vols. 1831
anon., 4 ed. 1861; The port admiral, a tale of the war, 3 vols.
1833, 2 ed. 1861; The Lauread, a literary, political, and naval
satire, Book the first 1833; Will-Watch, from the autobiography
of a British officer, 3 vols. 1834; The Priors of Prague, 3
vols. 1836; The naval surgeon, 3 vols. 1841, 3 ed. 1861; Paul
Periwinkle, or the pressgang 1841; The scapegrace at sea, or
soldiers afloat and sailors ashore, 3 vols. 2 ed. 1863; History
of the mutiny at Spithead and the Nore 1842 anon; author with
Basil Montagu of the law of parliamentary elections, 2 parts
1839–40. _d._ Cheltenham 27 March 1893. _Reynold’s Newspaper 9
April 1893 p._ 6.
NEAT, WILLIAM. _b._ Castle st. Bristol 11 March 1791; was nearly
6 feet in height and weighed when trained 13 stone 7 pounds;
fought Tom Oliver for 100 guineas a side at Rickmansworth 10
July 1818, when Neat won after 28 rounds lasting 91 minutes;
took a benefit at the Fives Court, London 23 Feb. 1819; was to
have fought Tom Spring 6 Oct. 1819, but having broken his arm
the match was off; fought Thomas Hickman, the Gasman, for 100
guineas a side at Hungerford Downs, near Newbury 11 Dec. 1821,
when Neat won in 18 rounds lasting 23½ minutes, 25,000 persons
were present and £150,000 changed owners after the battle;
fought Tom Spring near Andover 20 May 1823 for £200 a side, when
Spring won in 8 rounds lasting 37 minutes; a butcher in Bristol
to his death. _d._ Bristol 23 March 1858. _The Fancy_, _By An
Operator i_ 441–6 (1826) _portrait_; _H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica
ii_ 15–22, 104–17 (1880) _portrait_.
NEATE, CHARLES. _b._ London 28 March 1784; appeared as pianist
at Covent Garden 1800; member of Royal society of Musicians
2 March 1806; an original member of Philharmonic Society
1813, became a director, performed often at the concerts;
intimate with Beethoven at Vienna 1815; a pianist and teacher
of music in London 1818; introduced to English audiences
Beethoven’s pianoforte concertos in C minor and E flat, and
Weber’s Concertstück; retired about 1856; author of An essay
on fingering, with observations on pianoforte playing 1855;
composer of A grand sonata 1808; Three select movements for two
pianos 1823; Fantasia for the piano and violoncello 1825; Forty
seven preludes for the piano 1827; A hundred impromptus or short
preludes 1830; Victoria’s sceptre o’er the waves, a song 1848.
_d._ Brighton 30 March 1877, probably the oldest musician in
Europe. _Concordia_ (1875) 395, 428.
NEATE, CHARLES (5 child of Thomas Neate, R. of Alvescot,
Oxfordshire). _b._ Adstock, Bucks 13 June 1806; ed. at Collège
Bourbon in Paris and Lincoln coll. Oxf., scholar 1826–8; B.A.
1828, M.A. 1830; fellow of Oriel coll. 1828 to death; lecturer
on law and history 1856; barrister L.I. 27 Jany. 1832; offering
frequent suggestions when engaged in a case as junior to sir
Richard Bethell, the latter said loudly Hold your tongue
you fool, on the rising of the court he assaulted Bethell
and ruined his own chance at the bar; secretary to sir F. T.
Baring, chancellor of the exchequer 1839–41; Drummond professor
of political economy at Oxford 1857–62; M.P. city of Oxford
March 1857, but unseated for bribery June 1857; M.P. Oxford
1863–8; clerk of the market, Oxford to death; resided at Oxford
1868 to death; author of the following pamphlets and lectures,
Considerations on the punishment of death; Arguments against
reform 1831 anon.; Dialogue des morts, Guizot et Louis Blanc
1848 anon.; Two lectures on the currency 1859; Two lectures
on the history and conditions of landed property 1860; Two
lectures on trades unions 1862; Specimens of composition in
prose and verse 1874. _d._ Norham manor, Northumberland 7 Feb.
1879. _bur._ at Alvescot, Oxf. 13 Feb. portrait in common room
of Oriel coll. _J. W. Burgon’s Lives of twelve good men_ (1891)
212, 484; _T. Mozley’s Reminiscenses of Oriel college ii_ 99–105
(1882); _T. A. Nash’s Life of lord Westbury i_ 76 (1888).
NEAVE, SIR RICHARD DIGBY, 3 Baronet (eld. son of sir Thomas
Neave, 2 Bart. 1761–1848). _b._ 9 Dec. 1793; ed. at St. Mary’s
Hall, Oxf., B.A. 1815; _m._ 7 Aug. 1828 Mary Arundell, youngest
dau. of James Everard, 9th lord Arundell of Wardour, she _d._
30 Aug. 1849; succeeded 11 April 1848; F.R.G.S.; author of Four
days in Connemara 1852. _d._ 10 Eccleston sq. London 10 March
1868. _Sir H. Nicolas’s Court of Queen Victoria_ (1845) 51–54.
_portrait of Lady Neave_.
NEAVES, CHARLES, Lord Neaves (son of Charles Neave of Forfar,
solicitor, who changed his name to Neaves). _b._ Edinburgh
14 Oct. 1800; ed. at Edinb. high sch. and univ., LL.D. 1860;
advocate 1822; advocate depute 1841–5; sheriff of Orkney and
Shetland March 1845–52; solicitor general for Scotland 24 May
1852 to Jany. 1853; judge of court of session, with courtesy
title of lord Neaves 13 May 1854; a lord of justiciary 7 May
1858 to death; lord rector of St. Andrew’s univ. 1872 and 1873;
presided at the Leyden centenary celebration 1875; contributed
prose and verse to Blackwood’s Mag. 40 years; author of Songs
and verses, social and scientific, By An old contributor to
Maga. 1868, 3 ed. 1875; On fiction as a means of popular
teaching 1869; The Greek anthology 1870; A glance at some of the
principles of comparative philology 1870; A lecturer on cheap
and accessible pleasures 1872. _d._ 7 Charlotte sq. Edinburgh
23 Dec. 1876. _J. Campbell Smith’s Writings by the way_ (1885)
468–81; _I.L.N. lxx_ 4 (1877) _portrait_.
NECKER DE SAUSSURE, LOUIS ALBERT (son of James Necker, professor
of botany). _b._ Geneva 10 April 1786; educ. Edinb. univ. 1806;
professor of geology and mineralogy at Geneva 1810, honorary
professor 1817; had extensive natural history collections; came
to Edinburgh for his health 1831 etc.; F.R.S. Edinb.; resided
at Portree, Isle of Skye from 1839 to death; author of Voyage
en Écosse et aux isles Hébrides, Geneva, 3 vols. 1821; Le règne
minéral, Paris, 2 vols. 1835; Études géologiques dans les Alpes,
Paris 1841, volume one only. _d._ Portree 20 Nov. 1861. _Proc.
Royal soc. of Edinb. v_ 53–76 (1866).
NEEBE, REV. FREDERICK., D.D.; author of German grammar and
exercises 1847; Children’s mirror, 100 stories in German and
English 1873. _d._ 8 Bath st. Brighton 11 May 1880.
NEED, SIR ARTHUR (son of lieut. general Samuel Need of Fountain
Dale, Notts., _d._ 1839). _b._ 1819; ed. at Shrewsbury; cornet
16 lancers 13 Oct. 1839, lieut. 17 June 1842; lieut. 14 hussars
30 March 1847, captain 1 June 1854, placed on h.p. 2 Dec. 1862;
lieut. col. in the army 14 Jany. 1862; served in Punjab campaign
1848–9, in Persian expedition 1857, and with Central India field
force 1857–8; lieutenant of Her Majesty’s body guard of yeomen
of the guard 11 Feb. 1870 to death; knighted at Buckingham
palace 25 Feb. 1881. _d._ Blidworth, Notts. 28 July 1888.
NEEDHAM, EDWARD MOORE. _b._ Birmingham 1819; a booking clerk to
the Midland railway co. 1840; superintendent Midland railway co.
1860 to death. _d._ Duffield, near Derby 23 Jany. 1890.
NEEDHAM, FRANCIS JACK (eld. child of 2 earl of Kilmorey
1787–1880). _b._ 2 Feb. 1815; styled viscount Newry and Morne
30 Nov. 1832 to death; M.P. Newry 8 July 1841 to death. _d._
10 Grosvenor crescent, Eaton sq. London 6 May 1851. _bur._
Shavington hall chapel, near Market Drayton.
NEELD, SIR JOHN, 1 Baronet (brother of the succeeding). _b._
Fulham, Middlesex 20 July 1805; educ. Harrow and Trin. coll.
Camb., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; M.P. Cricklade 1835–59; contested
Cricklade 30 April 1859; M.P. Chippenham 1865–8; gentleman
of the privy chamber to the queen 1843–57; cr. a baronet 20
April 1859; sheriff of Wiltshire 1872. _d._ Grittleton house,
Chippenham 3 Sept. 1891.