under Stephen Kemble at Whitehaven; acted in Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Dublin, York, and Hull; manager of Manchester theatre 1826–31;
manager of various theatres in the north of England; played at
the Lyceum, London 1839; acted at the Surrey in G. B. Davidge’s
characters, appearing on Whit Monday 1839 as Chrystal Baxter
in Haine’s Alice Gray; played Friar Lawrence to the Romeo and
Juliet of the Cushmans at Haymarket 1846; very good as Peter
Bell, Jonathan Wild, and the Old Commodore; generally took the
heavy business; proprietor of Deptford theatre; acted under
Edmund Falconer at the Lyceum 1861–2, and under F. B. Chattertan
at Drury Lane, retired after the run of Amy Robsart 1873. _d._
16 March 1874. _Theatrical Times iv_ 17–8 (1849) _portrait_;
_The Era 22 March 1874 p._ 11.
NEVILLE, PARK (son of Arthur Neville, surveyor to corporation of
Dublin). _b._ Dublin 1812; educ. under Charles Vignoles, C.E.,
and William Farrell, architect; city engineer to corporation of
Dublin 1851 to death; repaved the streets, and constructed new
sewers 1853 etc.; carried out the Vartry waterworks, Dublin, at
cost of £650,000; built cattle markets; made a street connecting
Dame st. with Christ Church place at cost of £70,000; M.I.C.E. 5
Dec. 1865. _d._ 58 Pembroke road, Dublin 30 Oct. 1886. _Min. of
proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxvii_ 424–7 (1886).
NEVILLE, WILLIAM LATIMER (1 son of William Neville of St.
Martin’s, Birmingham). _b._ Birmingham 1801; educ. Queen’s coll.
Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1828; C. of Holy Trinity, Brompton, London
to 1859; superintendent of West Indian mission to Western Africa
1859 to death; author of The necessity of Christ’s suffering, a
sermon at East Orchard, Dorset 1836; A Catholic’s reply to some
Dissenters by birth, education and conviction 1836; An answer
to G. H. Stodart’s Reasons for secession 1836; Apostolical
succession proved 1839; A treatise on the divine origin of the
scripture 1844; and in West Indian Church Association occasional
papers, Journal of a voyage from Plymouth to Sierra Leone 1858.
_d._ Fallangia on the Rio Pongas, West Africa 7 July 1861.
NEW, HERBERT. _b._ 1821; solicitor at Evesham 1843 to death;
senior partner in firm of New, Prance, and Garrard, the firm
failed with liabilities of about £300,000 April 1894; registrar
of Evesham county court 1868 to death; member of Evesham town
council, alderman to death, mayor several times; author of Simon
de Montfort and the battle of Evesham 1874; Memoir of A Martin
and funeral addresses 1879. _d._ Green hill, Evesham 28 Nov,
1893.
NEW, STEVEN W. _b._ 1818; sang at Dr. Johnson tavern, Bolt
court, Fleet st. London; chairman and musical director at
several music halls; organist at Portland chapel, Portland
st. London; composer of The English emigrant, ballad 1852; A
selection of sacred music, as sung at Little Portland street
chapel 1854; Charm of my life, ballad 1855; God’s presence in
affliction, a sacred song 1856; The oath of allegiance, a song
1860; Who’s that tapping at the garden gate 1868; wrote nearly
100 pieces 1851–68. _d._ 21 Burton crescent, London, about 4
Sept. 1866.
NEWALL, ROBERT STIRLING. _b._ Dundee 27 May 1812; employed under
Robert M’Calmont London, experimenting on rapid production
of steam; took out a patent for invention of wire rope which
made submarine telegraphy possible 1840, established with his
partners, Liddell and Gordon, works for the manufacture at
Gateshead-on-Tyne 1840; made the telegraph cable laid between
Dover and Calais 25 Sept. 1851, and many other cables; invented
the brake-drum and cone for laying cables in deep seas 1853;
made half of the first Atlantic cable 1858; gave his 25 inch
refracting telescope to the university of Cambridge 2 March
1889; mayor of Gateshead 1867–8; F.R.A.S. 1864; F.R.S. 3 June
1875; M.I.M.E. 1879; received Brazilian order of the Rose 1872;
D.C.L. Durham 1887; author of Facts relating to the invention of
the submarine cable, and to the first cable between Dover and
Calais 1882. _d._ Ferndene, near Gateshead 21 April 1889. _Proc.
of Royal Soc. xlvi_, _p. xxxiii_ (1890).
NEWBIGGING, SIR WILLIAM (son of Robert Newbigging of Lanark,
solicitor). _b._ Lanark 1772; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1799; F.R.S.
Edinb.; surgeon royal infirmary, Edinb. for periods of 12 and 8
years respectively; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 July 1838;
author of Case of inguinal and popliteal aneurism cured by tying
the external iliac artery, Edinb. 1815; Harveian oration 1838.
_d._ 29 Heriot row, Edinburgh 23 Oct. 1852.
NEWBON, ROBERT ALGER. Auctioneer at 275 Upper st. Islington,
London; left by his will £20,000 to the royal national lifeboat
institution, on condition that five lifeboats were provided,
to be named respectively the Ann Newbon after his mother, the
Lucy Newbon after his late wife, the Betsy Newbon and the Nancy
Newbon after his sisters, and the Bob Newbon after himself;
bequeathed to the incumbent and wardens of chapel of ease Upper
st. Islington, £20,000 to be applied at their discretion for
the schools and charities connected with the chapel, and to the
Great Northern central hospital to found a Newbon ward £15,000.
_d._ 28 Oct. 1891, probate duty paid on £130,000 Dec. 1891.
NEWBOULD, WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (son of a Russia merchant). _b._
Sheffield 20 Jany. 1819; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A 1842,
M.A. 1845; C. of Comberton and Harleton, Cambs. 1851–64; F.B.S.
Edinb. 1841; an original member of Ray Society 1844; F.L.S.
1863; made botanical excursions to Jersey, Scotland, Wales,
and Ireland 1842–62; added five or six species to the British
flora; gave much help to C. C. Babington, G. S. Gibson and other
botanists in their books. _d._ Kew 16 April 1886. _bur._ Fulham
cemet. _Journal of botany_ (1886) 159–74.
NEWBURGH, MARGARET, Countess of (3 dau. of first marquess of
Ailsa 1770–1846). _b._ 16 June 1800; _m._ 14 Nov. 1817 John
Thomas Eyre, styled seventh earl of Newburgh, _b._ 1790 and
_d._ 22 May 1833; joined the church of Rome; a friend of lady
Lothian and lady Georgiana Fullerton; blind for some years but
still worked for the poor. _d._ 35 Wilton crescent, London 3
Sept. 1889. _P. Gallwey’s Salvage from the wreck_ (1890) _xxxii
portrait_.
NEWBURGH, MARIA CECILIA AGATHA ANNA JOSEPHA LAURENTIA DONATA
MELCHIORA BALTHASSARA GASPARA BANDINI, Countess of (only child
of Vincent, prince Giustiniani, styled 6 earl of Newburgh
1762–1826). _b._ Rome 5 Feb. 1796; _m._ 21 Sept. 1815 Charles, 4
marquis Bandini and Rustano in the Roman states, he _d._ 5 June
1851; succeeded her father as princess Giustiniani and countess
of Newburgh 13 Nov. 1826; naturalised by 20 and 21 Vict. cap.
14, 17 Aug. 1857; confirmed by the house of lords as countess of
Newburgh 30 July 1858. _d._ Rome May 1878.
NOTE.--In the peerages of Burke, Lodge and Foster she is said to have
died 8 Jany. 1877, but the death was not announced in The Times until
27 May 1878.
NEWBY, EMMA (daughter of the rev. Henry Barry, R. of Draycot
Cerne, Wilts.) _m._ 27 June 1848, Charles John Newby of London,
solicitor, who _d._ 27 Aug. 1867; author of Margaret Hamilton,
a novel, 3 vols. 1858; Right and left, 3 vols. 1862; Wondrous
strange, 3 vols. 1864; Trodden down, 3 vols. 1866; Common sense,
3 vols. 1865, 2 ed. 1866; Only temper, 3 vols. 1868; Married, 3
vols. 1869; Langley manor, 3 vols. 1872; His wife, 3 vols. 1879.
NEWBY, THOMAS CAUTLEY. Publisher at 65 Mortimer st. Cavendish
sq. London 1843–4, at 72 Mortimer st. 1844–9, and at 30 Welbeck
st. 1849–74; retired March 1874; one of the chief publishers of
novels. _d._ 1882.
NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM PELHAM-CLINTON, 4 Duke of (elder son of
Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3 duke of Newcastle 1752–95). _b._ 30
Jany. 1785; styled lord Clinton 1785–94, and earl of Lincoln
1794–5; succeeded his father 17 May 1795; ed. at Eton 1796–1803;
went to France 1803, detained there 1803–7; lord lieut. of
Nottingham 20 Dec. 1809, dismissed 4 May 1839; K.G. 19 June
1812; the mob of Nottingham burnt Nottingham castle 10 Oct.
1831, for the damage done he was awarded sum of £21,000 in 1832;
author of Thoughts in times past, tested by subsequent events
1836. _d._ Clumber Park, Notts. 12 Jany. 1851. _bur._ in Markham
Clinton church 21 Jany. _Portraits of eminent conservatives
vol._ 1 (1836) _portrait_ 4; _I.L.N. xviii_ 37, 62, 64 (1851)
_portrait_; _G.M. xxxv_ 309 (1851); _Thoroton’s History of
Nottinghamshire iii_ 405 (1797); _J. E. Doyle’s Official
baronage ii_ 566 (1886) _portrait_.
NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM PELHAM-CLINTON, 5 Duke of (eld. son of
the preceding). _b._ Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 22 May
1811; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1832; styled Earl
of Lincoln 1811–51; M.P. for South Notts. 1832–46, and for
Falkirk burghs 1846–51; a lord of the treasury 31 Dec. 1834
to 20 April 1835; P.C. 3 Sept. 1841; first comr. of woods and
forests 25 Sept. 1841 to 10 March 1846; chief sec. to lord
lieut. of Ireland 14 Feb. 1846 to 6 July 1846; sec. of state for
the colonies 28 Dec. 1852 to June 1854; sec. of state for war
12 June 1854 to Feb. 1855; lord lieut. of Notts. 2 Feb. 1857
to death; colonial sec. 18 June 1859 to April 1864; went to
Canada and United States with prince of Wales 1860; lord warden
of stannaries 6 Feb. 1862 to 1864; one of council to prince of
Wales Jany. 1863; K.G. 17 Dec. 1860. _d._ Clumber park, Worksop,
Notts. 18 Oct. 1864, personalty sworn under £250,000, 11 Feb.
1865. _C. Brown’s Nottinghamshire Worthies_ (1882) 353–5; _H.
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
1887. _bur._ Harefield church 15 April.
NEWELL, M’FADDEN ALEXANDER. _b._ Belfast 7 Sept. 1824; educ.
royal college, Belfast and Trin. coll. Dublin; went to U.S. of
America 1848; professor of natural science in Baltimore city
college 1850–4, and in Lafayette college, Pennsylvania 1854–64;
president of the normal school, state of Maryland 1865–8;
superintendent of public instruction of state of Maryland 1868
to death, his Annual reports in 25 vols. are highly esteemed;
published with professor Creery a series of text-books entitled
the Maryland series. _d._ Havre de Grace, Maryland Aug. 1893.
NEWELL, ROBERT HASELL (son of Robert Richardson Newell,
surgeon). _b._ Essex 1778; ed. at Colchester school; pensioner
of St. John’s coll. Camb. 22 April 1795, scholar 2 Nov. 1795,
fellow 1 April 1800, lecturer 1800–4, dean 1809–13; fourth
wrangler 1799; B.A. 1799, M.A. 1802, B.D. 1810; R. of Little
Hormead, Herts 1 June 1813 to death; C. of Great Hormead, Herts;
a good amateur artist; his edition of Goldsmith’s Poetical
Works 1811 and 1820 is embellished with drawings by himself;
illustrated his Letters on the scenery of North Wales 1821;
author of The zoology of the English poets corrected by the
writings of modern naturalists 1845. _d._ 31 Jany. 1852.
NEWELL, THOMAS GEORGE. Entered Madras army 1804; lieut. 11
Madras N.I. 25 July 1805, captain 5 June 1820; major 21 N. I. 4
Feb. 1832 to 30 April 1837; lieut. col. 4 N.I. 30 April 1837,
of 25 N.I. 1838–40, of 42 N.I. 1840–1, of 47 N.I. 1841–4. of 28
N.I. 1844–5, and of 32 N.I. 1845–6; col. of 6 N.I. 16 March 1847
to death. _d._ England 11 Oct. 1853.
NEWENHAM, FREDERICK. _b._ 1807; an historical and portrait
painter in London; exhibited his picture Parisina at the R.A.
1838; painted a portrait of the queen for the Junior united
service club 1842, it was exhibited at the R.A. 1844; became a
fashionable painter of ladies’ portraits; exhibited 19 pictures
at R.A. and 17 at B.I. 1838–55. _d._ 21 March 1859.
NEWHAM, SAMUEL (only son of Samuel Newham). _b._ Walford, Notts.
24 June 1796; a billiard player, a whist player, and a patron
of all popular games; one of the strongest chess players in the
provinces; founder and president of Nottingham chess club, the
members presented him with a piece of plate 1837; played in
the first International tournament, which was held at the St.
George’s chess club rooms, Cavendish sq. London 1851, when he
was defeated by Mr. Szen, who was one of the best players in the
world. _d._ Nottingham 24 March 1875. _Chess players’ chronicle
iv_ 313 (1875).
NEWINGTON, CHARLES (7 son of a medical man at Ticehurst, Sussex,
_d._ 1811). _b._ Ticehurst 1781; M.R.C.S. 1802; an assistant to
his father at Ticehurst lunatic asylum 1802, with his brother
Jesse Newington became manager of the establishment 1811,
Jesse d. 1819; on decease of his mother, purchased the asylum
1831; spent large sums in improving the house and grounds; had
60 patients and as many servants; invented an instrument for
feeding patients who tried to starve themselves; aided John Read
in perfecting an instrument for removing obstructions; invented
a tell-tale clock; asylum partly burnt down 22 April 1852. _d._
Ticehurst 27 April 1852. _M. A. Lower’s Worthies of Sussex_
(1865) 254–5.
NEWLAND, HENRY GARRETT. _b._ London 1804; taken to Sicily 1809;
ed. at Lausanne 1816; matric. from Christ’s coll. Camb. 1821.
migrated to C.C. coll., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; R. of Westbourne,
Sussex Sept. 1829; V. of Westbourne Jany. 1834 to 1855, where he
established a daily choral service 1850; V. of St. Mary-Church,
near Torquay 1855 to death; domestic chaplain to bishop of
Exeter 1855 to death; author of The Erne, its legends and
its fly-fishing 1851; Confession and absolution 1852; Three
lectures on tractarianism 1854, 4 ed. 1853; The seasons of the
church, what they teach, 3 vols. 1856–60; Confirmation and
first communion 1853, 2 ed. 1854; Postils, short sermons on the
parables 1854; Forest scenes in Norway and Sweden 1854. _d._
St. Mary-Church 25 June 1860. _R. J. Shutte’s Memoir of H. G.
Newland_ (1861) _portrait_.
NEWLANDS, JAMES (son of a rope manufacturer). _b._ Edinburgh 28
July 1813; assistant to David Low, professor of agriculture in
univ. of Edinb. 1833–36; the first borough engineer of Liverpool
26 Jany. 1847 to May 1871, constructed a new system of sewage;
A.I.C.E. 6 June 1848, M.I.C.E 20 Jany. 1857; his paintings
exhibited in Royal Scottish academy; sent by government to
Balaklava during Crimean war as sanitary commissioner 1855;
author of Liverpool water supply, a report 1849; The carpenter
and joiner’s assistant 1857–60, new ed. 1880; wrote for 7 ed. of
Encyclopedia Britannica the articles ropemaking and history of
steam navigation, also contributed to 8 edition. _d._ Liverpool
15 July 1871. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxiii_
227–31 (1872).
NEWMAN, ALFRED A. (eld. son of S. Newman of Forest Hill,
Surrey). _b._ 1852; art metal worker 19 Maddox st. Regent
st. London 1884; did much to revive art iron work and was a
craftsman of talent; founded the Old English Smithy in Archer
st. Haymarket, London, which was a place of fashionable resort
in the season; made the wrought iron work for Eaton hall,
Cheshire; an art commissioner and expert for the Folkestone
exhibition 1886; his forge at the Inventions’ exhibition 1885
was one of the most interesting sights; took great interest in
Anglo Jewish history and made a collection of prints and tracts
on the subject; his efforts defeated the proposal to demolish
Bevis Marks synagogue 1886. _d._ 30 Westbourne park villas,
Bayswater, London 21 Jany. 1887. _bur._ Willesden cemetery 24
Jany. _The Jewish Chronicle 28 Jany. 1887 p._ 5.
NEWMAN, ARTHUR SHEAN. _b._ Old Bridge house, Southwark 1828;
partner with Arthur Billing as architects; surveyor to Guy’s
hospital and to St. Olave’s district board of works many years;
designed St. James’s church, Kidbrook, Blackheath 1867, Christ
church, Somers Town 1868, and Holy Trinity church, Penge 1872;
restored Stepney church. _d._ 22 Belmont Hill, Lee, Kent 3 March
1873.
NEWMAN, CHARLES ROBERT (brother of cardinal John Henry Newman).
Usher in a school at Windmill Hill, near Hurstmonceaux, Sussex
1845; an acquaintance of Julius Charles Hare; resided at Tenby
30 years; a very great recluse, lived alone in lodgings, seldom
went out except after dark and had hardly any acquaintances;
Thomas Purnell visited him 1857–60. _d._ Marsh road, Tenby March
1884. _Athenæum 29 March 1884 pp._ 408, 475.
NEWMAN, EDWARD (eld. son of George Newman, woolstapler). _b._
Hampstead 13 May 1801; ed. at Painswick, Gloucs. 1812–7; a
woolstapler with his father at Godalming, Surrey 1817–26; owned
a ropewalk at Deptford 1826–37; printer with George Luxford
at the sign of the Bouncing B, Ratcliff highway, London 1840,
Luxford retired 1841; Newman removed to 9 Devonshire st.
Bishopsgate 1841, retired 1870; one of the four founders of the
Entomological club 1826, editor of the Journal started 1832,
one of chief founders of Entomological Society which grew out
of the club 1833; F.L.S. 1833; edited The Entomologist 1840–3,
and The Zoologist, 34 vols. 1843–63, and Montagu’s A dictionary
of British birds 1866; brought out and wrote much in The
Phytologist, monthly magazine June 1841 to June 1854; curator
of the Entomological club’s museum, to which he gave his entire
collection 1842; natural history editor of The Field 1858 to
death; author of The grammar of entomology 1835, 2 ed. under
title of A familiar introduction to the history of insects 1841;
A history of British ferns 1840, 3 ed. 1854; The insect hunter,
or entomology in verse 1857 anon.; Birdnesting and bird skinning
1861, 2 ed. 1888; edited An illustrated history of British moths
1869; An illustrated history of British butterflies 1870–1. _d._
7 York grove, Peckham 12 June 1876. _bur._ Nunhead cemetery. _T.
P. Newman’s Memoir of Edward Newman_ (1876) _portrait_; _Joseph
Smith’s Friends’ Books ii_ 236–7 (1867); _Biographical catalogue
of lives of Friends_ (1888) 467–72; _Leisure Hour xxix_ 629.
NEWMAN, EDWARD. _b._ Newton Abbot, Devon 1832; an engineer
in Swindon locomotive works; second class assist. engineer
R.N. Oct. 1853, engineer June 1859, chief engineer 26 Feb.
1866; first assistant to chief engineer at Portsmouth 1867,
superintendent of the steam department 1872 to death; wounded
in the explosion on board the Thunderer 14 July 1876, when
superintending the trial of the engines, from the effects of
which he never fully recovered. _d._ Portsmouth dockyard 4 Dec.
1882. _bur._ Haslar hospital with naval honors 8 Dec. _The
Engineer 8 Dec. 1882 p._ 426; _The Army and navy gazette 9 Dec.
1882 p._ 1011; _The Times 7 Dec. 1882 p._ 10.
NEWMAN, FREDERICK, D.D.; a bishop of the Free church of England
and president of the London district; author of The true church
of Christ, a lecture 1856; Thoughts on church orders and
government, historically, ecclesiastically and scripturally
considered 1877. _d._ Willesborough, near Ashford, Kent 12 Oct.
1887. _The Free church of England Mag. July 1884 p._ 114 _et
seq._
NEWMAN, HORATIO TOWNSEND. _b._ 1781; ordained deacon 6 July
1806, priest 12 July 1807; prebendary of Kilbrogan 1818–42;
dean of Cork 24 March 1842 to death; author of A brief view of
ecclesiastical history from the earliest periods to the present
time 1844, 2 ed. 1866. _d._ Cork 6 Jany. 1864.
NEWMAN, JAMES. _b._ 1804; apprenticed to Gosling and Eglen of
New Bond st. London, booksellers; historical and parliamentary
bookseller at 225 High Holborn, London about 1830 to death. _d._
St. Leonard’s, near Hastings 28 May 1877. _Bookseller June 1877
p._ 500.