BARONETAGE
Last updated 23/10/2018 (31 Oct 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
NAESMYTH of Possos, Peebles
31 Jul 1706	NS	1	James Naesmyth		20 Jul 1720
10 Jul 1720		2	James Naesmyth MP for Peebles 1732‑1741	c 1704	4 Feb 1779
4 Feb 1779		3	James Naesmyth		4 Dec 1829
4 Dec 1829		4	John Murray Naesmyth	30 Dec 1803	19 Jul 1876	72
19 Jul 1876		5	James Naesmyth	9 Feb 1827	10 Oct 1896	69
10 Oct 1896		6	Michael George Naesmyth	19 Oct 1828	11 Sep 1907	78
11 Sep 1907		7	James Tolme Naesmyth	6 Aug 1864	24 Jul 1922	57
24 Jul 1922 to     Jan 1928		8	Douglas Arthur Bradley Naesmyth Extinct on his death	1 Jan 1905	Jan 1928	23
NAGLE of Jamestown, Westmeath
4 Jan 1813	UK	1	Richard Nagle		1827
1827 to     10 Nov 1850		2	Richard Nagle MP for Westmeath 1832‑1841	12 Aug 1800	10 Nov 1850	50
NAIRN of Rankeilour and Dysart House, Fife
16 Dec 1904	UK	1	Michael Barker Nairn	29 May 1838	24 Nov 1915	77
24 Nov 1915		2	Michael Nairn	19 Feb 1874	24 Sep 1952	78
24 Sep 1952		3	Michael George Nairn	30 Jan 1911	2 Sep 1984	73
2 Sep 1984		4	Michael Nairn	1 Jul 1938
NAIRN of Monimail, Fife
20 Jan 1933	UK		See "Spencer-Nairn"
NAIRNE of Dunsinnan, Perth
1 Mar 1704	NS	1	Thomas Nairne		c 1721
c 1721		2	William Nairne		26 Jun 1754
26 Jun 1754		3	Thomas Nairne For further information on this baronet's daughter, see the note at the foot of this page		14 Dec 1760
14 Dec 1760		4	William Nairne	Aug 1744	12 Jan 1790	45
12 Jan 1790 to     25 Mar 1811		5	William Nairne On his death the baronetcy became dormant	c 1731	25 Mar 1811
NAIRNE of Kirkcudbright
29 Jun 1917 to     9 Feb 1945	UK	1	Sir John Gordon Nairne Extinct on his death	4 Jan 1861	9 Feb 1945	84
NALL of Hoveringham Hall, Notts
25 Jan 1954	UK	1	Sir Joseph Nall MP for Hulme 1918‑1929 and 1931‑1945	24 Aug 1887	2 May 1958	70
2 May 1958		2	Michael Joseph Nall	6 Oct 1921	8 Sep 2001	79
8 Sep 2001		3	Edward William Joseph Nall	24 Oct 1952
NALL-CAIN of the Node
1 Jul 1921	UK	1	Charles Alexander Nall-Cain He was subsequently created Baron Brocket in 1933 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	29 May 1866	21 Nov 1934	68
NANNEY of Gwynfryn, Carnarvon
7 Mar 1898	UK		See "Ellis-Nanney"
NAPIER of Luton Hoo, Beds
24 Sep 1611	E	1	Robert Napier MP for Bedfordshire 1611‑1612 and Corfe Castle 1626‑1628		22 Apr 1637
Apr 1637		2	Robert Napier MP for Weymouth 1628‑1629 and Peterborough 1640‑1648	c 1603	7 Mar 1661
Mar 1661		3	Robert Napier		5 Apr 1675
Apr 1675		4	Sir John Napier, 1st baronet MP for Bedfordshire 1664‑1679	5 Jul 1636	Aug 1711	75
Aug 1711		5	Theophilus Napier	25 Oct 1672	early 1719
early 1719 to     2 Jan 1748		6	John Napier Extinct on his death		2 Jan 1748
NAPIER of Merchistoun, Midlothian
2 Mar 1627	NS	1	Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier of Merchistoun	c 1575	Nov 1645
Nov 1645		2	Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier of Merchistoun	c 1625	4 Sep 1658
4 Sep 1658		3	Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier of Merchistoun		7 Aug 1683
7 Aug 1683		4	Alexander Napier		1702
1702		5	John Napier	1686	1735	49
1735		6	William Napier		c 1775
c 1775		7	Robert John Milliken-Napier	1765	1808	43
1808		8	William John Milliken-Napier	1788	4 Feb 1852	63
4 Feb 1852		9	Robert John Milliken-Napier	7 Nov 1818	4 Dec 1884	66
4 Dec 1884		10	Archibald Lennox Milliken Napier	2 Nov 1855	18 Jan 1907	51
18 Jan 1907		11	Alexander Lennox Napier	30 May 1882	15 Jul 1954	72
15 Jul 1954		12	Robert Archibald Napier	19 Jul 1889	25 Jun 1965	75
25 Jun 1965		13	William Archibald Napier	19 Jul 1915	31 Aug 1990	75
31 Aug 1990		14	John Archibald Lennox Napier	6 Dec 1946
NAPIER of Middle Marsh, Dorset
25 Jun 1641	E	1	Gerrard Napier MP for Wareham 1628‑1629 and Melcombe Regis 1640‑1645	19 Oct 1606	14 May 1673	66
14 May 1673		2	Nathaniel Napier MP for Corfe Castle 1679‑1689, Poole 1689‑1698 and Dorchester 1702‑1705	c 1636	21 Jan 1709
21 Jan 1709		3	Nathaniel Napier MP for Dorchester 1695‑1708 and 1710‑1722	c 1668	24 Feb 1728
24 Feb 1728		4	William Napier	c 1696	27 Jan 1753
27 Jan 1753		5	Gerard Napier	c 1701	23 Oct 1759
23 Oct 1759 to     25 Jan 1765		6	Gerrard Napier MP for Bridport 1761‑1765 Extinct on his death	c 1740	25 Jan 1765
NAPIER of Luton Hoo, Beds
4 Mar 1661	E	1	John Napier MP for Bedfordshire 1664‑1679 He succeeded to the baronetcy of Napier [1611 creation] in 1675 with which title this baronetcy then merged until both became extinct in 1748	5 Jul 1636	Aug 1711
NAPIER of Punknoll, Dorset
25 Feb 1682	E	1	Robert Napier MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1689‑1690 and Dorchester 1690 and 1698‑1700	c 1640	31 Oct 1700
31 Oct 1700		2	Charles Napier Nothing further is known of this baronetcy	c 1673	1743
NAPIER of Merrion Square, Dublin
9 Apr 1867	UK	1	Joseph Napier MP for Dublin University 1848‑1858; Attorney General [I] 1852; Lord Chancellor [I] 1858; PC [I] 1852; PC 1868	26 Dec 1804	9 Dec 1882	77
9 Dec 1882		2	Joseph Napier	28 May 1841	13 Nov 1884	43
13 Nov 1884		3	William Lennox Napier	12 Oct 1867	13 Aug 1915	47
13 Aug 1915		4	Joseph William Lennox Napier	1 Aug 1895	13 Oct 1986	91
13 Oct 1986		5	Robert Surtees Napier	5 Mar 1932	2 Jul 1994	62
2 Jul 1994		6	Charles Joseph Napier	15 Apr 1973
NARBOROUGH of Knowlton, Kent
15 Nov 1688 to     22 Oct 1707	E	1	John Narborough Extinct on his death	14 Oct 1684	22 Oct 1707	23
NAYLOR-LEYLAND of Hyde Park House, London
31 Aug 1895	UK	1	Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland MP for Colchester 1892‑1895 and Southport 1898‑1899 For further information on the death of this baronet's father, and the scandal surrounding the granting of his baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	24 Jan 1864	7 May 1899	35
7 May 1899		2	Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	6 Dec 1890	23 Sep 1952	61
23 Sep 1952		3	Vivyan Edward Naylor-Leyland	5 Mar 1924	2 Sep 1987	63
2 Sep 1987		4	Philip Vyvyan Naylor-Leyland	9 Aug 1953
NEAL of Cherry Hinton, Cambs
29 Oct 1931 to     7 Jul 1942	UK	1	Sir William Phene Neal Extinct on his death	22 Oct 1860	7 Jul 1942	81
NEALE of Wollaston, Northants
26 Feb 1646 to     Mar 1691	E	1	William Neale Extinct on his death		28 Mar 1691
NEALE of Walhampton, Hants
3 Apr 1769	GB		See "Burrard"
NEAVE of Dagnam Park, Essex
13 May 1795	GB	1	Richard Neave	22 Nov 1731	28 Jan 1814	82
28 Jan 1814		2	Thomas Neave	11 Nov 1761	11 Apr 1848	86
11 Apr 1848		3	Richard Digby Neave	9 Dec 1793	10 Mar 1868	74
10 Mar 1868		4	Arundell Neave	5 Jun 1829	21 Sep 1877	48
21 Sep 1877		5	Thomas Lewis Hughes Neave	26 Jan 1874	12 May 1940	66
12 May 1940		6	Arundell Thomas Clifton Neave	31 May 1916	5 Aug 1992	76
5 Aug 1992		7	Paul Arundell Neave	13 Dec 1948
NEELD of Grittleton House, Wilts
20 Apr 1859	UK	1	John Neeld MP for Cricklade 1835‑1859 and Chippenham 1865‑1868	20 Jul 1805	3 Sep 1891	86
3 Sep 1891		2	Algernon William Neeld	11 Jun 1846	11 Aug 1900	54
11 Aug 1900 to     1 May 1941		3	Audley Dallas Neeld Extinct on his death	23 Jan 1849	1 May 1941	92
NELSON of Acton Park, Denbigh
5 Feb 1912	UK	1	William Nelson	8 Dec 1851	7 Jul 1922	70
7 Jul 1922		2	James Hope Nelson	26 Feb 1883	5 May 1960	77
5 May 1960		3	William Vernon Hope Nelson	25 May 1914	27 May 1991	77
27 May 1991		4	Jamie Charles Vernon Hope Nelson	23 Oct 1949	2 Jun 2023	73
2 Jun 2023		5	Dominic William Michael Nelson	13 Mar 1957
NELSON of Hilcote Hall, Staffs
11 Jul 1955	UK	1	George Horatio Nelson He was subsequently created Baron Nelson of Stafford in 1960 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	26 Oct 1887	16 Jul 1962	74
NELTHORPE of Grays Inn, London
10 May 1666	E	1	John Nelthorpe	1614	c Oct 1669	55
c Oct 1669		2	Goddard Nelthorpe	c 1630	22 Jan 1704
22 Jan 1704		3	Montagu Nelthorpe		21 Feb 1722	60
21 Feb 1722		4	Henry Nelthorpe	c 1717	16 Mar 1729
16 Mar 1729		5	Henry Nelthorpe		28 Jun 1746
28 Jun 1746		6	John Nelthorpe	5 Mar 1746	24 Jun 1799	53
24 Jun 1799		7	Henry Nelthorpe	25 Dec 1773	12 May 1830	56
12 May 1830 to     22 Nov 1865		8	John Nelthorpe Extinct on his death	1814	22 Nov 1865	51
NEPEAN of Bothenhampton, Dorset
16 Jul 1802	UK	1	Evan Nepean MP for Queenborough 1796‑1802 and Bridport 1802‑1812; PC 1804	9 Jul 1751	2 Oct 1822	71
2 Oct 1822		2	Molyneux Hyde Nepean	20 Sep 1783	4 Jun 1856	72
4 Jun 1856		3	Molyneux Hyde Nepean	2 Jul 1814	13 Mar 1895	80
13 Mar 1895		4	Evan Yorke Nepean	1825	15 Jun 1903	77
15 Jun 1903		5	Charles Evan Molyneux Yorke Nepean	24 Mar 1867	1 Jan 1953	85
1 Jan 1953 to     11 Mar 2002		6	Evan Yorke Nepean Extinct on his death	23 Nov 1909	11 Mar 2002	92
NEVILL of Holt, Leics
25 May 1661 to     25 Feb 1712	E	1	Thomas Nevill Extinct on his death	c 1625	25 Feb 1712
NEVILL of Grove, Notts
24 Feb 1675 to     20 Dec 1685	E	1	Edward Nevill MP for East Retford 1679‑1685 Extinct on his death	c 1651	20 Dec 1685
NEVILLE of Sloley, Norfolk
2 Jul 1927	UK	1	Reginald James Neville Neville MP for Wigan 1910‑1918 and Norfolk East 1924‑1929	22 Feb 1863	28 Apr 1950	87
28 Apr 1950		2	James Edmund Henderson Neville	5 Jul 1897	24 Jun 1982	84
24 Jun 1982 to     2 Aug 1994		3	Richard Lionel John Baines Neville Extinct on his death	Jul 1921	2 Aug 1994	73
NEWCOMEN of Kenagh, Longford
30 Dec 1623	I	1	Robert Newcomen		28 Sep 1629
28 Sep 1629		2	Beverley Newcomen		28 Apr 1637
28 Apr 1637		3	Thomas Newcomen		29 Apr 1642
Apr 1642		4	Robert Newcomen		12 Aug 1677
12 Aug 1677		5	Thomas Newcomen		1689
1689		6	Robert Newcomen MP [I] for Longford County 1692‑1693, 1695‑1699 and 1703‑1735	1664	6 Mar 1735	69
6 Mar 1735		7	Arthur Newcomen MP [I] for Longford County 1735‑1759	1701	25 Nov 1759	58
25 Nov 1759 to     27 Apr 1789		8	Thomas Newcomen MP [I] for Longford County 1759‑1761 and Longford Borough 1761‑1768 Extinct on his death	1740	27 Apr 1789	48
NEWCOMEN of Carrickglass, Longford
16 Nov 1781	I		See "Gleadowe-Newcomen"
NEWDIGATE of Arbury, Warwicks
24 Jul 1677	E	1	Richard Newdigate MP for Tamworth 1660	17 Sep 1602	14 Oct 1678	76
14 Oct 1678		2	Richard Newdigate MP for Warwickshire 1681‑1685 and 1689‑1690	4 May 1644	4 Jan 1710	65
4 Jan 1710		3	Richard Newdigate	29 Apr 1668	22 Jul 1727	59
22 Jul 1727		4	Edward Newdigate	c 1715	14 Apr 1734
14 Apr 1734 to     2 Dec 1806		5	Roger Newdigate MP for Middlesex 1742‑1747 and Oxford University 1751‑1780 Extinct on his death	20 May 1719	2 Dec 1806	87
NEWDIGATE-LUDFORD-CHETWODE of Oakley, Bucks
6 Apr 1700	E		See "Chetwode"
NEWMAN of Fifehead-Magdalen, Dorset
20 Dec 1699	E	1	Richard Newman MP for Milborne Port 1701	c 1675	30 Dec 1721
30 Dec 1721 to     4 Jun 1747		2	Samuel Newman Extinct on his death	c 1700	4 Jun 1747
NEWMAN of Stokeley and Mamhead, Devon
17 Mar 1836	UK	1	Robert William Newman MP for Bletchingley 1812‑1818 and Exeter 1818‑1826	18 Aug 1776	24 Jan 1848	71
24 Jan 1848		2	Robert Lydston Newman He was killed at the Battle of Inkerman	19 Feb 1822	5 Nov 1854	32
5 Nov 1854		3	Lydston Newman	14 Nov 1823	29 Dec 1892	69
29 Dec 1892		4	Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman, later [1931] 1st Baron Mamhead of Exeter	27 Oct 1871	2 Nov 1945	74
2 Nov 1945		5	Ralph Alured Newman	23 Apr 1902	20 Jul 1968	66
20 Jul 1968		6	Geoffrey Robert Newman	2 Jun 1947
NEWMAN of Cecil Lodge, Newmarket, Cambs
6 Feb 1912	UK	1	Sigmund Newman	25 May 1857	13 Sep 1916	59
13 Sep 1916		2	Cecil Gustavus Jacques Newman	9 Jun 1891	21 May 1955	63
21 May 1955		3	Gerard Robert Henry Sigismund Newman	19 Jul 1927	15 Aug 1987	60
15 Aug 1987		4	Francis Hugh Cecil Newman	12 Jun 1963
NEWNES of Wildcroft, Surrey
15 Feb 1895	UK	1	George Newnes MP for Newmarket 1885‑1895 and Swansea 1900‑1910	13 Mar 1851	9 Jun 1910	59
9 Jun 1910 to     10 Jul 1955		2	Frank Hillyard Newnes MP for Bassetlaw 1906‑1910 Extinct on his death	28 Sep 1876	10 Jul 1955	78
NEWPORT of Newpark, Kilkenny
25 Aug 1789	I	1	John Newport MP for Waterford 1803‑1832; PC [I] 1806	24 Oct 1756	9 Feb 1843	86
9 Feb 1843 to     15 Feb 1859		2	John Newport Extinct on his death	Aug 1800	15 Feb 1859	58
NEWSON of Framlingham, Suffolk
18 Jun 1921 to     17 May 1950	UK	1	Sir Percy Wilson Newson MP for Tamworth 1922‑1923 Extinct on his death	4 Apr 1874	17 May 1950	76
NEWSON-SMITH of Totteridge, Herts
1 Dec 1944	UK	1	Sir Frank Edwin Newson-Smith	25 Mar 1879	23 Apr 1971	92
23 Apr 1971		2	John Kenneth Newson-Smith	9 Jan 1911	11 Nov 1997	86
11 Nov 1997		3	Peter Frank Graham Newson-Smith	8 May 1947
NEWTON of Charlton, Kent
2 Apr 1620	E	1	Adam Newton		13 Jan 1630
13 Jan 1630		2	William Newton		c 1635
c 1635 to     22 Jan 1700		3	Henry Newton (Puckering from 1652) Extinct on his death	13 Apr 1618	22 Jan 1700	81
NEWTON of Barrs Court, Gloucs
16 Aug 1660	E	1	John Newton	c 1611	14 Feb 1662
14 Feb 1662		2	John Newton MP for Grantham 1660‑1681	9 Jun 1626	31 May 1699
31 May 1699		3	John Newton	c 1651	12 Feb 1734
12 Feb 1734 to     6 Apr 1743		4	Michael Newton MP for Beverley 1722‑1727 and Grantham 1727‑1743 Extinct on his death	c 1695	6 Apr 1743
NEWTON of London
25 Jan 1661 to     Nov 1670	E	1	Robert Newton Extinct on his death		3 Nov 1670
NEWTON of Newton, Haddington
23 Apr 1697 to     by 1727	NS	1	Richard Newton Extinct on his death		by 1727
NEWTON of The Wood, Kent
18 May 1900	UK	1	Alfred James Newton For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	19 Oct 1849	20 Jun 1921	71
20 Jun 1921		2	Harry Kottingham Newton MP for Harwich 1910‑1922	2 Apr 1875	22 Jun 1951	76
22 Jun 1951		3	Harry Michael Rex Newton	7 Feb 1923	29 Feb 2008	85
29 Feb 2008		4	George Peter Howgill Newton	26 Mar 1962
NEWTON of Beckenham, Kent
27 Oct 1924	UK	1	Sir Louis Arthur Newton	17 Dec 1867	17 Apr 1945	77
17 Apr 1945		2	Edgar Henry Newton	6 May 1893	4 Feb 1971	77
4 Feb 1971		3	Kenneth Garnar Newton	4 Jun 1918	12 Aug 2008	90
12 Aug 2008		4	John Garnar Newton	10 Jul 1945
NICHOLLS of Darlaston, Staffs
29 Nov 1960	UK		See "Harmar-Nicholls"
NICHOLSON of Luddenham, New South Wales
8 Apr 1859	UK	1	Sir Charles Nicholson	23 Nov 1808	8 Oct 1903	94
8 Oct 1903		2	Charles Archibald Nicholson	27 Apr 1867	4 Mar 1949	81
4 Mar 1949 to     16 Mar 1986		3	John Charles Nicholson Extinct on his death	10 Jan 1904	16 Mar 1986	82
NICHOLSON of Harrington Gardens, Kensington
7 Feb 1912	UK	1	Charles Norris Nicholson MP for Doncaster 1906‑1918	30 Jul 1857	29 Nov 1918	61
29 Nov 1918		2	John Norris Nicholson Lord Lieutenant Isle of Wight 1980‑1985	19 Feb 1911	30 Aug 1993	82
30 Aug 1993		3	Charles Christian Nicholson	15 Dec 1941
NICHOLSON of Winterbourne Roy, Berks
21 Mar 1958 to     14 Jul 1991	UK	1	Godfrey Nicholson MP for Morpeth 1931‑1935 and Farnham 1937‑1966 Extinct on his death	9 Dec 1901	14 Jul 1991	89
NICOLLS of Hardwick, Northants
28 Jul 1641	E	1	Francis Nicolls MP for Bishops Castle 1621‑1622 and Northamptonshire 1628‑1629	c 1587	4 Mar 1642
4 Mar 1642		2	Edward Nicolls	c 1619	28 Feb 1683
28 Feb 1683 to     1717		3	Edward Nicolls Extinct on his death		1717
NICOLSON of Cocksburnpeth, Aberdeen
17 Dec 1625	NS	1	James Nicolson Nothing further is known of this baronetcy
NICOLSON of Lasswade, Midlothian
27 Jul 1629	NS	1	John Nicolson		May 1651
May 1651		2	John Nicolson		c 1680
c 1680		3	John Nicolson		May 1681
May 1681		4	William Nicolson		29 Jan 1687
Jan 1687		5	John Nicolson		30 Oct 1689
Oct 1689		6	Thomas Nicolson		8 Apr 1693
Apr 1693 to     May 1743		7	James Nicolson On his death the baronetcy became dormant		May 1743
1826		8	Arthur Nicolson	1794	16 Sep 1863	69
16 Sep 1863		9	Arthur Bolt Nicolson	6 Mar 1811	14 Jul 1879	68
14 Jul 1879		10	Arthur Thomas Bennett Robert Nicolson	1842	27 May 1917	74
27 May 1917		11	Arthur John Frederick William Nicolson Lord Lieutenant Shetland 1948‑1952	8 Jun 1882	25 Apr 1952	69
25 Apr 1952 to     5 Jun 1961		12	Harold Stanley Nicolson On his death the baronetcy again became dormant	22 Oct 1883	5 Jun 1961	77
1984		13	David Henry Arthur Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock He established his right to the baronetcy in 1984. He had previously succeeded to the barony of Carnock in 1982. The baronetcy then merged with this peerage, although as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear of the Official Roll of the Baronetage	10 Jul 1920	26 Dec 2008	88
NICOLSON of Carnock, Stirling
16 Jan 1637	NS	1	Thomas Nicolson		8 Jan 1646
8 Jan 1646		2	Thomas Nicolson	10 Jun 1628	24 Jul 1664	36
24 Jul 1664		3	Thomas Nicolson	15 Sep 1649	20 Jan 1670	20
20 Jan 1670		4	Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier of Merchistoun	14 Jan 1669	9 Jun 1686	17
9 Jun 1686		5	Thomas Nicolson		2 Jan 1699
2 Jan 1699		6	George Nicolson		Oct 1771
Oct 1771		7	Walter Philip Nicolson		1786
1786		8	David Nicolson		19 Oct 1806
19 Oct 1806		9	William Nicolson	1758	5 Aug 1820	62
5 Aug 1820		10	Frederick William Erskine Nicolson	22 Apr 1815	29 Dec 1899	84
29 Dec 1899		11	Arthur Nicolson He was subsequently created Baron Carnock in 1916 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	19 Sep 1849	5 Nov 1928	79
NICOLSON of Glenbervie, Kincardine
15 Apr 1700	NS	1	Thomas Nicolson	c 1664	31 Aug 1728
31 Aug 1728		2	William Nicolson	c 1673	7 Jun 1766
7 Jun 1766		3	James Nicolson	Jan 1722	11 Mar 1782	60
11 Mar 1782		4	James Nicolson		c 1810
c 1810 to     c 1839		5	Joseph Nicolson On his death the baronetcy became dormant	28 Mar 1800	c 1839
NIGHTINGALE of Newport Pond, Essex
1 Sep 1628	E	1	Thomas Nightingale		Jan 1645
Jan 1645		2	Thomas Nightingale	15 Oct 1629	19 Oct 1702	73
Oct 1702		3	Bridges Nightingale		c 1715
c 1715		4	Robert Nightingale		24 Jul 1722
Jul 1722		5	Edward Nightingale	27 Aug 1658	2 Jul 1723	64
2 Jul 1723		6	Gamaliel Nightingale		c 1730
c 1730		7	Edward Nightingale	1696	c 1750
c 1750		8	Edward Nightingale	4 Sep 1726	Jul 1782	55
Jul 1782		9	Gamaliel Nightingale	15 Feb 1731	Jan 1791	59
Jan 1791		10	Edward Nightingale	14 Oct 1760	4 Dec 1804	43
4 Dec 1804		11	Charles Ethelston Nightingale	1 Nov 1784	5 Jul 1843	58
5 Jul 1843		12	Charles Nightingale	30 Apr 1809	17 Sep 1876	67
17 Sep 1876		13	Henry Dickonson Nightingale	15 Nov 1830	17 Jul 1911	80
17 Jul 1911		14	Edward Manners Nightingale	30 Dec 1888	26 Aug 1953	64
26 Aug 1953		15	Geoffrey Slingsby Nightingale	24 Nov 1904	3 Sep 1972	67
3 Sep 1972		16	Charles Athelstan Nightingale	23 Jul 1902	7 Mar 1977	74
7 Mar 1977		17	Charles Manners Gamaliel Nightingale	21 Feb 1947
NISBET of Dean, Midlothian
2 Dec 1669	NS	1	Patrick Nisbet		1682
1682		2	Henry Nisbet		Aug 1713
Aug 1713		3	John Nisbet		30 Mar 1728
30 Mar 1728		4	Henry Nisbet		11 Oct 1746
11 Oct 1746		5	Alexander Nisbet		7 Oct 1753
7 Oct 1753		6	Henry Nisbet		1762
1762		7	John Nisbet		1776
1776 to     18 Sep 1827		8	John Nisbet Extinct on his death		18 Sep 1827
NIVISON of Branch Hill Lodge, Hampstead
21 Jul 1914	UK	1	Robert Nivison He was subsequently created Baron Glendyne in 1922 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	3 Jul 1849	14 Jun 1930	80
NIXON of Roebuck Grove, co. Dublin
14 Jul 1906	UK	1	Sir Christopher John Nixon	29 Jun 1849	19 Jul 1914	65
19 Jul 1914		2	Christopher William Nixon	19 Nov 1877	23 Apr 1945	67
23 Apr 1945		3	Christopher John Louis Joseph Nixon	21 Mar 1918	31 Jan 1978	59
31 Jan 1978		4	Kenneth Michael John Basil Nixon	22 Feb 1919	2 Jun 1997	78
2 Jun 1997		5	Simon Michael Christopher Nixon	20 Jun 1954
NOBLE of Ardmore and Ardardan Noble, Dumbarton
25 Jul 1902	UK	1	Sir Andrew Noble	13 Sep 1831	22 Oct 1915	84
22 Oct 1915		2	George John William Noble	3 Mar 1859	29 Jul 1937	78
29 Jul 1937		3	Saxton William Armstrong Noble	13 Feb 1863	12 Oct 1942	79
12 Oct 1942		4	Humphrey Brunel Noble	9 May 1892	14 Aug 1968	76
14 Aug 1968		5	Marc Brunel Noble	8 Jan 1927	2 Jan 1991	63
2 Jan 1991		6	David Brunel Noble	25 Dec 1961
NOBLE of West Denton Hall, Northumberland
24 Jun 1921	UK	1	William Joseph Noble He was subsequently created Baron Kirkley in 1930 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1935	13 Jan 1863	11 Sep 1935	72
NOBLE of Ardkinglass, Argyll
26 Jul 1923	UK	1	John Henry Brunel Noble	18 May 1865	8 Jan 1938	72
8 Jan 1938		2	Andrew Napier Noble	16 Sep 1904	30 Apr 1987	82
30 Apr 1987		3	Iain Andrew Noble	8 Sep 1935	25 Dec 2010	75
25 Dec 2010		4	Timothy Peter Noble	21 Dec 1943
NOEL of Brook, Rutland
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Edward Noel He subsequently succeeded to the Viscountcy of Campden in 1629 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1798		10 Mar 1643
NOEL of Kirkby Mallery, Leics
4 Jul 1660	E	1	Verney Noel		1670
1670		2	William Noel	1642	13 Apr 1675	32
13 Apr 1675		3	Thomas Noel	c 1662	1688
1688		4	John Noel	c 1668	1 Jul 1697
1 Jul 1697		5	Clobery Noel	c 1695	30 Jul 1733
30 Jul 1733		6	Edward Noel He subsequently succeeded to the Barony of Wentworth in 1745 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1815	30 Aug 1715	31 Oct 1774	59
NOEL of the Navy
23 Oct 1781	GB		See "Middleton"
NORIE-MILLER of Cleeve, Perth
7 Feb 1936	UK	1	Francis Norie-Miller MP for Perth 1935	11 Mar 1859	4 Jul 1947	88
4 Jul 1947 to     21 Dec 1973		2	Stanley Norie-Miller Extinct on his death	4 Aug 1888	21 Dec 1973	85
NORMAN of Honeyhanger, Surrey
22 Jun 1915	UK	1	Henry Norman MP for Wolverhampton South 1900‑1910 and Blackburn 1910‑1923; PC 1918	19 Sep 1858	4 Jun 1939	80
4 Jun 1939		2	Henry Nigel St. Valery Norman	21 May 1897	19 May 1943	45
19 May 1943		3	Mark Annesley Norman	8 Feb 1927	9 Sep 2013	86
9 Sep 2013		4	Nigel James Norman	5 Feb 1956
NORREYS of Mallow, Cork
6 Aug 1838	UK		See "Jephson-Norreys"
NORRIS of Speke, Lancs
3 Dec 1698 to     10 Oct 1702	E	1	William Norris MP for Liverpool 1695‑1701 Extinct on his death	c 1658	10 Oct 1702
NORTH of Mildenhall, Suffolk
14 Jun 1660	E	1	Henry North MP for Suffolk 1656‑1658 and 1660‑1671	c 1609	26 Aug 1671
26 Aug 1671 to     5 Jul 1695		2	Henry North MP for Suffolk 1685‑1687 Extinct on his death	c 1635	5 Jul 1695
NORTH of Southwell, Notts
1 Mar 1920	UK	1	Sir William Norton Hicking, 1st baronet He had previously been created a baronet, with the usual remainder to the heirs male of his body in 1917 (see "Hicking'). He obtained a fresh creation in 1920 with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to the heirs male of his daughters successively	12 Dec 1865	18 Apr 1947	81
18 Apr 1947		2	William Jonathan Frederick North	6 Feb 1931	25 Feb 2018	87
25 Feb 2018		3	Jeremy William Francis North	5 May 1960
NORTHCOTE of Haine, Devon
16 Jul 1641	E	1	John Northcote MP for Ashburton 1640‑1648, Devon 1654‑1655, 1656‑1658, 1659 and 1660‑1661, and Barnstaple 1667‑1676	c 1600	24 Jun 1676
Jun 1676		2	Arthur Northcote	25 Mar 1628	c Jul 1688	60
c Jul 1688		3	Francis Northcote	c 1659	1709
1709		4	Henry Northcote	c 1667	Feb 1730
Feb 1730		5	Henry Northcote MP for Exeter 1735‑1743	1710	28 May 1743
28 May 1743		6	Stafford Northcote	6 May 1736	11 Mar 1770	33
11 Mar 1770		7	Stafford Henry Northcote	6 Oct 1762	17 Mar 1851	88
17 Mar 1851		8	Stafford Henry Northcote He was subsequently created Earl of Iddesleigh in 1885 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	27 Oct 1818	12 Jan 1887	68
NORTHCOTE of Seamore Place, Middlesex
23 Nov 1887	UK	1	Henry Stafford Northcote He was subsequently created Baron Northcote in 1900 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1911	18 Nov 1846	29 Sep 1911	64
NORTON of Rotherfield, Hants
18 May 1622	E	1	Richard Norton MP for Petersfield 1621‑1622	1582	c 1645
c 1645		2	Richard Norton	1619	1652	33
1652 to     9 Jan 1687		3	John Norton MP for Hampshire 1661‑1679 and Petersfield 1679‑1687 Extinct on his death	7 Dec 1619	9 Jan 1687	67
NORTON of Charlton, Berks
27 Apr 1624	I	1	Gregory Norton MP for Midhurst 1645‑1652		26 Mar 1652
Mar 1652 to     c 1690		2	Henry Norton MP for Petersfield 1659 Extinct on his death		c 1690
NORTON of Cheston, Suffolk
18 Jun 1635	NS	1	Walter Norton		c 1656
c 1656 to     c 1673		2	Edward Norton Extinct on his death		c 1673
NORTON of Coventry, Warwicks
23 Jul 1661 to     1691	E	1	Thomas Norton Extinct on his death	c 1616	1691
NORTON-GRIFFITHS of Wonham, Betchworth, Surrey
14 Jun 1922	UK	1	Sir John Norton-Griffiths MP for Wednesbury 1910‑1918 and Wandsworth Central 1918‑1924 For further information on this baronet, see the noteat the foot of this page	13 Jul 1871	27 Sep 1930	59
27 Sep 1930		2	Peter Norton-Griffiths	3 May 1905	13 Oct 1983	78
13 Oct 1983		3	John Norton-Griffiths	4 Oct 1938	29 Jan 2017	78
29 Jan 2017		4	Michael Norton-Griffiths	11 Jan 1941
NORWICH of Brampton, Northants
24 Jul 1641	E	1	John Norwich MP for Northamptonshire 1654‑1655 and Northampton 1660‑1661	19 Sep 1613	9 Oct 1661	48
9 Oct 1661		2	Roger Norwich MP for Northamptonshire 1679 and 1685‑1689	29 Sep 1636	24 Sep 1691	54
24 Sep 1691		3	Erasmus Norwich	24 Jul 1668	Aug 1720	52
Aug 1720 to     Jan 1742		4	William Norwich On his death the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct	11 Nov 1711	Jan 1742	30
NUGENT of Moyrath, Westmeath
14 Jan 1622	I	1	Thomas Nugent		c 1665
c 1665		2	Robert Nugent		1675
1675 to     1710		3	Thomas Nugent At his death, his heirs were under attainder, and the baronetcy was therefore forfeited		1710
NUGENT of Donore, Westmeath
18 Jul 1768	I	1	James Nugent	c 1730	29 Mar 1794
29 Mar 1794 to     Aug 1799		2	Peter Nugent Extinct on his death	c 1745	Aug 1799
NUGENT of Dysery, Westmeath
3 Dec 1782 to     21 Oct 1811	I	1	Nicholas Nugent Extinct on his death		21 Oct 1811
NUGENT of Ballinlough, co. Westmeath
23 Jul 1795	I	1	Hugh O'Reilly (Nugent from 11 Sep 1812)	1741	18 Oct 1821	80
18 Oct 1821		2	James Nugent	by 1790	26 Apr 1843
26 Apr 1843		3	John Hugh Nugent	5 Apr 1800	16 Feb 1859	58
16 Feb 1859		4	Hugh Joseph Nugent For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	29 Dec 1845	23 Oct 1863	17
23 Oct 1863		5	Charles Nugent	7 Feb 1847	22 May 1927	80
22 May 1927		6	Hugh Charles Nugent	26 May 1904	30 Oct 1983	79
30 Oct 1983		7	John Edwin Lavallin Nugent	16 Mar 1933	9 Oct 2009	76
9 Oct 2009		8	Nicholas Myles John Nugent	17 Feb 1967
NUGENT of Waddesdon, Berks
28 Nov 1806	UK	1	George Nugent MP [I] for Charleville 1800; MP for Buckingham 1790‑1802 and 1818‑1832, and Aylesbury 1806‑1812	10 Jun 1757	11 Mar 1849	91
11 Mar 1849		2	George Edmund Nugent	12 Oct 1802	3 May 1892	89
3 May 1892		3	Edmund Charles Nugent	12 Mar 1839	4 Dec 1928	89
4 Dec 1928		4	George Guy Bulwer Nugent	5 Nov 1892	17 Aug 1970	77
17 Aug 1970		5	Robin George Colborne Nugent	11 Jul 1925	26 Nov 2006	81
26 Nov 2006		6	Christopher George Ridley Nugent	5 Oct 1949
NUGENT of Cloncoskoran, Waterford
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	John Nugent Humble	1785	13 Jan 1834	48
13 Jan 1834		2	John Nugent Humble	24 May 1818	11 Jun 1886	68
11 Jun 1886 to     22 Sep 1929		3	John Nugent Humble [Nugent from 5 Jul 1911] Extinct on his death	10 Jan 1849	22 Sep 1929	80
NUGENT of Donore, co. Westmeath
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	Percy Fitzgerald Nugent MP for Westmeath 1847‑1852	29 Sep 1797	25 Jun 1874	76
25 Jun 1874		2	Walter George Nugent	23 Jan 1827	26 Feb 1893	66
26 Feb 1893		3	Percy Thomas Nugent	11 Jun 1861	5 Feb 1896	34
5 Feb 1896		4	Walter Richard Nugent MP for Westmeath South 1907‑1918	12 Dec 1865	12 Nov 1955	89
12 Nov 1955		5	Peter Walter James Nugent	26 Jan 1920	12 Dec 2002	82
12 Dec 2002		6	Walter Richard Middleton Nugent	15 Nov 1947
NUGENT of Dunsfold, Surrey
27 Jan 1960	UK	1	George Richard Hodges Nugent He was subsequently created Baron Nugent of Guildford [L] in 1962 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1994	6 Jun 1907	16 Mar 1994	86
NUGENT of Portaferry, Down
4 Jul 1961 to     18 Aug 1962	UK	1	Sir Roland Thomas Nugent Lord Lieutenant Down 1959‑1962; PC [NI] 1944 Extinct on his death	19 Jun 1886	18 Aug 1962	76
NUSSEY of Rushwood Hall, Yorks
26 Jul 1909	UK	1	Thomas Willans Nussey MP for Pontefract 1893‑1910	12 Oct 1868	12 Oct 1947	79
12 Oct 1947 to     25 Oct 1971		2	Thomas Moore Nussey Extinct on his death	19 Jul 1898	25 Oct 1971	73
NUTTALL of Chasefield, Cheshire
22 Jun 1922	UK	1	Edmund Nuttall	29 May 1870	11 Oct 1923	53
11 Oct 1923		2	Edmund Keith Nuttall	27 Mar 1901	31 Aug 1941	40
31 Aug 1941		3	Nicholas Keith Lillington Nuttall	21 Sep 1933	29 Jul 2007	73
29 Jul 2007		4	Harry Nuttall	2 Jan 1963
NUTTING of St. Helens, Booterstown, co. Dublin
12 Jan 1903	UK	1	John Gardner Nutting	24 Jul 1852	18 Feb 1918	65
18 Feb 1918		2	Harold Stansmore Nutting	14 Aug 1882	1 May 1972	89
1 May 1972		3	Harold Anthony Nutting MP for Melton 1945‑1956; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1954‑1956; PC 1954	11 Jan 1920	24 Feb 1999	79
24 Feb 1999		4	John Grenfell Nutting	28 Aug 1942

	Catherine Nairne, daughter of Sir Thomas Nairne, 3rd baronet
	Catherine Nairn was the central figure in one of the most celebrated crimes of 18th century Scotland. She was charged and convicted of incest and murder, but escaped from prison and fled abroad.
	The following edited narrative is from William Jackson's The New and Complete Newgate Calendar; or, villainy displayed in all its branches [London, 1795]. This publication should not be confused with the better-known Newgate Calendar.
	As the case of these malefactors made a great noise in the world at and after the commission of the crime, we shall be the more careful to give all the particulars of it.
	At East-Miln, in the county of Forfar in Scotland, lived Mr. Thomas Ogilvie, a man of moderate fortune, whose life was of the domestic kind, with his mother, till he was about forty years of age, when he married Catherine, the beautiful daughter of Sir Thomas Nairn of Dunsinan, on the 31st of January, 1765, the young lady being- then about 21 years of age.
	Patrick Ogilvie, the brother of Thomas, having served as a lieutenant in the East Indies, returned to Scotland soon after the celebration of the nuptials, and went to congratulate his brother on the occasion.
	From this visit arose all that scene of distress which gives rise to the following narrative; for Patrick having beheld his sister[-in-law] with eyes of unwarrantable love, they were seen within three weeks after the wedding, by the servants, walking in the fields with too great familiarity, and kissing each other with all the fondness of enraptured lovers.
	Soon afterwards Anne Clarke, a kinswoman of Mr. Ogilvie, paying a visit in the family, remarked a great intimacy between the lovers, who frequently went to bed together without the precaution of shutting the chamber-door. Mrs. Clarke remarked on the scandalous impropriety of her conduct; but, so far from blushing at it, she boasted of her love for her brother-in-law, with whom she said she would abscond, or otherwise give a dose to her husband, whom she detested.
	Mr. Ogilvie the elder was of so pacific a disposition, that, though the criminal conversation [i.e. adultery] became every day more conspicuous, he contented himself with representing to his brother how much he dishonoured the family by so sinful a practice; but he did not even forbid him the house.
	At length he paid the lieutenant a sum of money bequeathed him by his father; and then Patrick departed, to take the diversions of the country; but he still corresponded with his sister-in-law; and they left letters for each under a stone, and even occasionally met together in the fields.
	When this was known, the injured husband, so far from resenting the conduct of his brother, wrote to him, expressing his inclination to bequeath him both his wife and the principal part of his estate, saying he would consult his own peace of mind in retirement; he even intreated him to return, adding "my wife cannot be happy without you."
	Mrs. Nairn [i.e. Ogilvie - it was the practice in Scotland at that time for married women to retain their maiden names] had, in the mean time, written to Patrick Ogilvie, to send her some poison; and accordingly he sent her some white arsenic, under the name of salts, for her use.
	Mrs. Clarke above-mentioned no sooner heard that the packet was arrived, that she cautioned Mr. Ogilvie not to drink any thing given him by his wife, unless she first partook of it; but this precaution proved fruitless, for the unhappy man being ill one morning, his wife conveyed a quantity of the arsenic into a basin of tea which the maid-servant was carrying to him; and then the base woman waited at his bed-side while he drank it.
	The most excruciating pains in his bowels, accompanied with a violent retching, was the consequence of this draught, and at nine at night Mr. Ogilvie expired in the greatest agony.
	His brother now gave directions respecting the funeral; but, in the mean time, Mrs. Clarke wrote to a younger brother of the deceased, who was then a student at Edinburgh, intimating her suspicions that Mr. Ogilvie had been poisoned. Hereupon the young gentleman set out for East-Miln, being determined to enquire into the real state of the case. He took with him the under-sheriff of the county, and two surgeons. The under-sheriff recommended opening the body of the deceased; but as he had been dead for six days, and as it was now the middle of June, and the weather intensely hot, this was opposed by the surgeons, lest some noisome effluvia should arise from the body.
	The presumed murderers were now taken into custody, and committed to the prison of Forfar, whence they were removed to Edinburgh, to take their trials in the high court of justiciary. Mrs. Clarke had concealed herself from the time that the murder was committed; but on the 3rd of April, 1765, she went to Edinburgh, and surrendered herself to the lord advocate, as the trials of the offenders were to commence on the Monday following. Hereupon his lordship committed her, and two women-servants of the deceased, to the castle, that there might be no obstruction to the course of public justice.
	The prisoners being brought into court on the appointed day, a copy of their indictments, with a list of the jury and witnesses, was respectively delivered to them; and then the court was adjourned to the 12th of the same month, at eight in the morning.
	[After an unsuccessful attempt was made to separate Mrs. Clarke from the two servants, on the grounds that she might attempt to persuade them to perjure themselves,] the trial was at length proceeded upon on Monday the 12th of August [1765], and continued without intermission till three o'clock on the Wednesday morning, when the jury retired, and at four in the afternoon of that day gave their verdict that the prisoners were both guilty.
	The lord advocate now demanded that judgment should be passed on them; but this was opposed by their council, who urged that there were several informalities in the trial, which would destroy the force of the verdict, as they were incompatible with the principles of the laws of Scotland.
	On this a debate ensued, which continued near five hours; when the lord justice clerk declared, that, unless a special plea was stated in arrest of judgment, he would pronounce sentence against the prisoners.
	Hereupon it was agreed, that, on the following day, at eleven o'clock, the arguments in writing should be delivered into court; and when that was done, a farther argument of six hours ensued thereon.
	The council for the prisoners, having at length no other plea left to urge, hinted that Mrs. Nairn was with child, but did not pretend to say how far she might be advanced in her pregnancy.
	On this, the sentence of death was passed against Patrick Ogilvie, to be executed on the 25th of September, in the Grass-market, Edinburgh; and Mrs. Nairn being remanded to prison, orders were given for a jury of matrons to be summoned on the following day, to enquire into her real situation.
	The court being once more assembled, the matrons were sworn and retired, and, on their return, declared they could not determine whether she was pregnant or not. On this the judgment against her was suspended till November; and the matrons were directed to visit her frequently in the interval.
	[Despite appeals being made on his behalf before the king in council,] Mr. Ogilvie was left to suffer the sentence of the law. … [Still protesting his innocence] no sooner was he turned off, than, the rope slipping, he dropped to the ground, but being immediately tied up again … he was executed …
	Mrs. Nairn having remained in custody till November, it then appeared that she was pregnant; on which she was respited till the time when she should be brought-to-bed, which was in the month of January, 1766. After she had been delivered a month, an order was issued for her execution; but, a short time before this event would have taken place, she escaped from the prison at nine at night, in the uniform of an officer; and an old footman, who had lived in her father's family, being waiting for her with a post-chaise, they set off together. [Other accounts have her escaping in the guise of her midwife, her head completely muffled up, in the pretence of a violent attack of toothache.]
	The escape occurred on 16 March 1766. By all accounts, she fled to France, having received, it is alleged, great assistance from her relative, William Nairne, who was later to become a Scottish Lord of Session under the title of Lord Dunsinann and also the 5th baronet. Various stories of her later life have her marrying a Dutchman and producing a large family, or of 'taking the veil' and retiring into a convent.
	Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, 1st baronet
	In an article published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on 11 October 1903, it is stated that "the late Sir Herbert Naylor Leyland was a good looking and popular man, but his entire life was blighted by the fact that when a young fellow of 18 he had the misfortune to kill his father by an accidental discharge of his gun while out shooting with him, I believe somewhere on the coast of Syria."
	The true facts were somewhat different, however. Naylor-Leyland's father was indeed killed by the accidental discharge of a gun on 26 August 1886, when his son was aged 22, not 18, and the accident happened in Scotland, not Syria. According to a report in The Times on 30 August 1886 on Thursday Colonel Naylor Leyland met with his death by accident on Stathvaich moor, near Garve, Ross-shire. He was out deer stalking with his son, and had shot one stag, when, seeing another within range, he asked his son to hand him his rifle. When he was in the act of seizing the rifle it went off. The ball struck him behind the ear completely shattering the side of his head. Death was instantaneous."
	In a wonderful example of macabre humour, Naylor-Leyland was subsequently known as "Bagdad".
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	Naylor-Leyland sat in the House of Commons for Colchester in the Unionist interest between the general election in 1892 and early 1895, when he resigned. After the change of government later that year, he received a baronetcy in the Resignation Honours List. This appointment created something of a scandal when it was announced, given Naylor-Leyland's short period of service in the Commons, together with his young age of 31.
	The newspapers of the day were savagely critical of the granting of this honour. A selection of some of the press comment is appended below, although it must be recognised that some of the opinions expressed are obviously biased by the politics of the various papers.
	The Times - There is one appointment in the [resignation honours] list which we cannot help regarding as a scandal. It is nothing less than a gross abuse of a prerogative of the Crown, which ought be be exercised by Ministers with extreme caution, that Capt. Naylor‑Leyland should be created a baronet. Capt. Naylor‑Leyland never did anything of which the public heard until he suddenly deserted the Unionist Party, and by quitting his seat in Colchester at an inconvenient moment, deliberately threw the representation of that borough into the hands of his Radical opponent. He has now undertaken to oppose Mr. Curzon, one of the members of the Government, at Southport. Considering that down to the time when he resigned his seat for Colchester, a few months ago, Capt. Naylor‑Leyland had never given any hint in public that the avowed opinion on which he had been elected had been changed, it is not too much to say that such an apostasy, whatever reward it may deserve from those who profit by it, ought not to be singled out for honour by the responsible advisers to the Queen.
	The Daily Chronicle - On what conceivable principle, and for what conceivable service, has his honour been bestowed? We know the practice of asking the Sovereign to recognise service of a purely party character, though it is open to grave objection, and needs to be watched with great care. But what services has Captain Naylor‑Leyland rendered to the Liberal Party? We remember him in the days of the Home Rule Bill delivering interminable and mainly obstructive speeches from his place before Mr. Balfour and Mr. Carson. He has been nominally a Liberal for weeks. He has, so far as we know, been a Tory for the rest of his life. Finally, he is not a man of any especial intellectual distinction. We can, indeed, see only one merit to this appointment, namely, that it discredits the whole system of rewards for mere partisanship, and ought to strengthen the hands of the Queen in refusing to sanction appointments which have no national or personal justification.
	The Westminster Gazette - The honour most open to exception is the baronetcy conferred on Captain Naylor‑Leyland. This, we must confess, does not smell at all sweetly.
	The St. James's Gazette in an article headed 'The Great Democratic Joke' - It is a pity that there is no means of distinguishing between the 'honour' conferred on the man who has done good service to the State, and the 'honour' conferred on the other man who has merely emptied his money-bags, or turned his coat, to help a party … Naylor‑Leyland has never done anything which in the smallest degree entitles him to honours.
	Sir Albert Edward Herbert Naylor‑Leyland, 2nd baronet
	The following article appeared in the very obscure Queanbeyan Age on 9 November 1909. Queanbeyan is a country town in New South Wales, 15 km east of Canberra, although Canberra did not yet exist at the time of the publication of this article.
	Day and night detectives are keeping watch and ward over two boys at Eton College. The boys in question are Sir Albert Edward Naylor‑Leyland, Bart., aged 17, and his brother George Vivian, aged 15. The lads are heirs to an immense fortune, and their relatives have got wind of a plot on the part of certain designing persons to kidnap them. Hence the surveillance of the detectives.
	The watch commenced about eight weeks ago, when an anonymous letter was received by Lady Naylor‑Leyland warning her that mischief was afoot with regard to her sons. The latter are residents in Mr. R.S. De Havilland's house in Keats lane, the young baronet having gone there in 1904 and his brother in 1906. The boys do not move a yard without one of the detectives moving with them. During working hours one of them squats silently on the wall in front of the college chapel; when the boys go to the playing-fields a silent watcher plods patiently after them, and when they are in bed another one is waiting outside the house in Keats lane all through the night.
	Mr. De Havilland, the house-master, when seen by a pressman, said he was very sorry that the news of the strange affair had leaked out, as he was afraid that the publication of his pupils' names in the papers might cause their removal from Eton, and to a certain extent spoil their careers. Another Eton master said the boys were most popular with their school-fellows.
	Several curious things have happened at Eton recently which seem to bear on the mystery. A few weeks ago a stranger was seen trying to get into conversation with the two brothers. After a time he succeeded in getting a few minutes' conversation with the younger boy. Next day a man calling himself John Carter was arrested in Mr. Lubbock's house at Eton and given a months' hard labour as a suspicious character.
	A few days later another man, much better dressed than the first, was seen trying to speak with Sir Albert Naylor‑Leyland. In appearance he was quite a gentleman, and after some persistence he succeeded in getting a long talk with both the boys. A third man was seen loitering round near Mr. Havilland's house about a week later, and, walking past Sir Arthur Naylor‑Leyland, whom he did not recognise, he spoke to the younger brother. Then the detectives came to Eton, and this man was not seen again.
	An army officer, who knows the family well, does not believe in the kidnapping theory. He thinks that somebody is tyring to obtain money by frightening the boys with some trumped-up story of the family. Lady Naylor‑Leyland, hearing of this, secured the services of the three detectives.
	Both boys are heirs to big fortunes. Their mother, Lady Naylor‑Leyland was, as Miss Jennie Chamberlain of Ohio, famous for her wealth and beauty. She married the late Sir Albert Naylor‑Leyland in 1889. Sir Albert died in 1899. The eldest boy, who has succeeded to the title, was born in 1890. He had the King as his godfather, while the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales were sponsors for his brother George.
	One of our representatives who called at Lady Naylor-Leyland's town house was received by one of her ladyship's friends, who made the following statement: - "In consequence of threats which were made against her sons Lady Leyland put detectives to watch a strange man who had been seen about the grounds of Eton a short time ago, behaving in a suspicious manner. Lady Leyland is naturally nervous, but wishes the report that the boys are guarded to be contradicted."
	Additional interest is given to the affair by the fact that a cousin of the two boys - Amelia Mary Chetwynd - was the victim of an attempted kidnapping in Northumberland Avenue, in November, 1905. In this case a Mr. Thomas Duguid and Miss Hetty C. Quayle were charged with attempting to kidnap Amelia Mary Chetwynd and her sister, the daughters of the Hon. Richard Walter and Mrs Chetwynd, from the lawful custody of Mr. C.J. Leyland, into whose care the children had been entrusted by their parents.
	Mrs Chetwynd is a sister of the late Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, father of the two boys now guarded so closely at Eton. In this case a most elaborate scheme of kidnapping had been prepared. The children were to be taken by force upon a small steamer, and conveyed from Beal, a small place on the Northumberland coast, to San Sebastian, in Spain. The prosecuting counsel in the case stated that arrangements had been made to tamper with any motor-cars that might be used to pursue the prisoners, and, if necessary, even telegraph wires were to be cut. Legal proceedings dragged on from November, 1905, until April, 1906, when the sentence of 9 months' imprisonment and a fine of £100 was passed upon Duguid. Miss Quayle was acquitted.
	Mr. James Cudahy, the American millionaire, who is now in London, has taken the greatest interest in the Naylor‑Leyland case, because he himself has suffered at the hands of kidnappers. Mr. Cudahy's little son was carried off some time ago in America [then follows a brief, but in places inaccurate report describing this kidnapping. For a more accurate version I recommend "Mysteries of the Missing" by Edward H. Smith published by The Dial Press, New York 1927]
	Sir Alfred James Newton, 1st baronet [UK 1900]
	On 20 June 1921 Sir Alfred travelled by car from his home to Harrods, of which company he was chairman of directors. During the journey he appears to have drunk some indigestion medicine from a bottle, but he complained that it tasted very bitter. Shortly after he collapsed in the car and died before medical help arrived. When the contents of the bottle were analysed, it was found that it contained a large dose of strychnine, sufficient to kill many people. At the subsequent inquest, the jury found that Sir Alfred had died from heart failure, accelerated by strychnine. The coroner pointed out that death could have been due to an accident, to suicide or to murder. Whichever it was, the case remains unsolved. The inquest was fully reported in the Daily Telegraph on 22 July 1921:-
	The Coroner's inquiry into the cause of the death on June 20 of Sir Alfred Newton, chairman of Harrods Ltd., and Senior City Alderman, was resumed at Chelsea yesterday, after being twice adjourned. Sir Alfred collapsed in his car at the door of Harrods Stores after driving from his residence at Regent's Park, and in the earlier inquest proceedings the fact was given in evidence by an analyst that he had found in a bottle of medicine supplied to deceased sufficient strychnine to kill a considerable number of people. One dose from the bottle had been taken. Medicine for indigestion dispensed at Harrods from the same prescription, it was stated, had for some time been taken by Sir Alfred. The Coroner, Dr. Oswald, consequently adjourned the inquest for the purpose of having the contents of the stomach and other organs analysed.
	Mr. Curtis Bennett, who represented the relatives, replying to the Coroner, said that he had a certificate from Sir Bruce Porter, who had charge of the health of Lady Newton since 1907, which showed quite clearly that it would be dangerous for her to be present. Sir Harry Newton [son and successor to the title] would tell the court anything they might desire to know as to the terms on which Sir Alfred and Lady Newton lived.
	The Coroner: Someone thought it might be desirable to get Lady Newton here. The certificate says it would be a great strain on her precarious health, and might even be dangerous to her to have her here in the witness-box. Therefore I shall excuse her attendance, and recall Sir Harry Newton to tell us what we would have asked Lady Newton.
	Sir Harry Newton was then recalled , and said he had seen Lady Newton lately. It was a fact that her health was in a precarious state. The event had upset her terribly. The Coroner: I will ask you formally if the relations in the family were of a happy nature? - I do not think there were ever man and woman who so loved each other. Do you know if Lady Newton had seen anything of the bottle of medicine after its arrival at the house? - She is not conscious of having seen it. She has no recollection of it.
	Mrs. Bertha Andrews, the dispenser who made up the medicine, recalled, said three dispensers, a writer, the head of the department, and three boys were employed in the dispensary. She could not remember how long it was before the day of dispensing the medicine that she used strychnine. The dispensers never used each other's scales. She did not often use strychnine, and it was generally used in solution form. The solution was always ordered from a druggist. The Coroner: If used in powder form in any quantities there would be a record of it? - Yes, it would be checked. We should not be allowed to touch it without asking the head of a department. The reason I ask you is to find out if it would be possible for any strychnine to have remained on the scales unnoticed, and for it to get mixed up with the bismuth or bi-carbonate of soda? - I don't think so. Our scale plates are of glass, and we wash them always after use. A quantity could not have escaped notice. Seventeen grains would show up very well? - Yes, it would cover a half-crown. Would it be easy for anyone to abstract strychnine from the dispensary? - I don't think anyone could get in without being seen. Locks have since been put on the doors. There were none there at the time.
	Frederick Fernandez Curtis, chemist, head of the dispensary, said that on the two days previous to the making up of the medicine no strychnine in any form had been used. On the Wednesday - the third day before - a little was used, but it was in solution form. He had never known of any strychnine being left about in the dispensary, and did not think it possible. The dispensers checked each other when taking poisons from the cupboard. It would be difficult for anyone to abstract poison from the cupboard. It would be possible, but most unlikely, as anyone going near it would be challenged immediately.
	Professor John Addyman Gardner, Reader in Chemistry at the University of London and Toxicologist at St. George's Hospital, said that he had analysed the contents of the bottle of medicine and also the contents of the stomach and other organs. "In the medicine," he said, "I found seven-tenths of a grain of strychnine per ounce of mixture. It was in solution, and it had been partly precipitated by the bi-carbonate of soda. There was about four-tenths of a grain per ounce in the fluid." The Coroner: There would have been nearly seventeen grains in the full bottle? - Yes. Did you find any alcohol? - No. I used three ounces for testing purposes, and could detect no alcohol beyond the faintest trace. If a solution of strychnine had been used to make up the bottle you would have found alcohol? - Certainly. In what form did you think the strychnine had gained access? - It must have been in the form of strychnine hydro-chloride or crystal. A fatal dose of strychnine would be a quarter of a grain.
	Witness found four milligrains of strychnine in a pure state in the stomach, and in the liver, although there was not sufficient to weigh, there was a certain amount which gave the chemical and physiological tests in a well-marked degree. There must have been one-tenth of a milligrain in half of the liver, and that would indicate a considerable portion of the drug being present in the system - so much that there was no doubt as to the cause of death, as it would be a poisonous quantity for a man in delicate health. The Coroner: Even if the mixture had not been shaken nearly a grain would have been contained in the double dose taken? - Yes. That would be sufficient to cause the death of a delicate person with a weak heart? - Certainly.
	Dr. Donaldson, who made the post-mortem examination, was recalled, and asked if he had any doubt, in view of the evidence just given, as to what caused death. Witness said that it was fairly clear that strychnine had played a part in bringing about death, although there was no evidence of strychnine. Mr. Curtis Bennett: If you had not known the evidence you would have been prepared to certify that death was due to natural causes? - Certainly. There were the same appearances as if death were due to syncope - the question was what caused the syncope. Sir Alfred's physical condition was not good, and his [remaining] life would have been a short one.
	Albert Burton, divisional detective inspector, said he had made inquiries at druggists' shops in a considerable portion of London. Strychnine had been sold at three shops, the object of the purchase in all cases being to kill rats. Thirty grains were sold in two cases, and five grains in the third. The names of the purchasers were recorded, and they were known to the druggists. None of them was acquainted with Sir Alfred Newton or the family, so far as he could ascertain, and had nothing to do with Harrods at all.
	Addressing the jury, the coroner referred to the case as a remarkable one. It was, he said, one of the strangest cases with which he had to deal for some time. As to the cause of death it was one of the peculiarities of some of the alkaloid poisons that they produced no irritant effect on the stomach that was visible to the naked eye. It was possible that nothing would have been suspected about the strychnine had it not been for Sir Harry Newton's promptitude in having the medicine analysed after hearing that Sir Alfred had commented about its bitter taste. Enough strychnine was found to constitute a fatal dose. There seemed to have been enough in the bottle of medicine to have caused the death of over sixty people. As to how the strychnine came to be in the bottle, the coroner was sorry to say that they were up against a very stiff proposition. It was a misfortune that all the evidence which he had been able to call would not help them to overcome it. The bottle had had a number of wanderings, and had passed through many hands before it came to rest in the hands of Sir Alfred. At the dispensary there was no failure in care and ability on the part of the dispenser. There was a possibility that the bottle was tampered with while in the recess in the despatch room, but it was not probable. All those through whose hands it had passed said it did not appear to have been tampered with. They had to consider three things - was it murder? Was it an accident? Was it suicide? If not, what was it? Suicide was highly absurd, and they could leave it out of their consideration. Why should it be murder? He was a gentleman beloved by his family and generally respected. Was it an accident? It probably was - that was by a process of exclusion. It might have been introduced by accidental means. There was accident that might be equivalent to manslaughter, but there was no evidence of any neglect. There was no evidence to show how the strychnine came to be present, and that was a blank wall against which they found themselves.
	After a short absence the jury returned a verdict to the effect that death was caused by syncope, due to fatty and fibrous degeneration of the heart, accelerated by strychnine poisoning. There was no evidence to show how the strychnine came to be in the bottle of medicine, some of which was swallowed.
	Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 1st baronet
	Sir John Norton-Griffiths was an engineer by profession and governing director of Norton‑Griffiths & Co. Limited, contractors, a firm which carried out important engineering works in various parts of the world.
	Sir John was in command of the Scouts in the Matabele War of 1896, and later served in the South African Field Force, becoming captain and adjutant of Lord Roberts's bodyguard. Between 1910 and 1918 he sat as MP for Wednesbury, and between 1918 and 1924 he sat for Wandsworth Central. At the outbreak of the Great War, he raised the 2nd King Edward's Horse, and was subsequently attached to the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief, G.H.Q., eventually being promoted to temporary lieutenant-colonel. It was he who originated and initiated the layout of the deep mines at Messines Ridge in a series of tunnels beneath the German lines, in which were placed 455 tonnes of explosives. At 3.10 am on 7 June 1917, the mines were exploded causing the deaths of an estimated 10,000 German soldiers. It was reported that the explosion was heard in London. The Allied attack was a complete success. Norton‑Griffiths was also responsible for the destruction of the Romanian oil-wells, thus denying the Germans much‑needed fuel for their war effort. He was knighted in 1917 and promoted to baronet in 1922.
	Although he never visited Australia, his firm was responsible for many railway projects in New South Wales during the years 1915‑1917. However, there was considerable public disquiet regarding the undertaking of such costly public works during war-time, and eventually the State government took over all such works, paying a reported £350,000 in compensation for the cancellation of the various contracts.
	In 1930, Norton-Griffiths & Co. were engaged by the Egyptian government to raise the height of the Aswan dam. After disputes had broken out between the on-site engineers and the Egyptian government inspectors, Sir John went to Egypt in an attempt to resolve the dispute, and ordered all work to be suspended.
	The following edited report of what happened next appeared in The Times of 29 September 1930:-
	Sir John Norton-Griffiths left the Casino Hotel at San Stefano [near Alexandria] at 7.45 yesterday morning [i.e. 27 September], clad in bathing costume and dressing-gown. He took a surf-boat and paddled out to sea, and after cruising about for three-quarters of an hour returned to the hotel. A few minutes later he went out again and paddled out to sea in his surf-boat. Shortly after, M. Pizzigalli, his newly appointed agent for the work of heightening the Aswan dam, who is also staying at the hotel, on looking out from his bedroom window, noticed that the surf-boat was floating unoccupied, with a paddle floating some distance away. M. Pizzigalli informed the management, and a boat was sent out. M. Pizzigalli and other observers then saw what might have been a man swimming or floating; to this the boat was directed, and it was discovered to be the body of Sir John with a pistol-bullet wound through the right temple, and a wound of exit above the left ear.
	The body was brought ashore and identified in the presence of the British Consul … The Consul has sealed up Sir John's papers and belongings, and the consular doctor made an autopsy which established that the wound had been self-inflicted … Sir John during recent weeks had obviously been suffering from extreme nervous strain, and his friends had felt anxiety about him.
	Sir Hugh Joseph Nugent, 4th baronet
	Sir Hugh died following a gun accident, aged only 17. The following account is taken from The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald of 27 October 1863:-
	A very sad occurrence took place in this parish [Stoke-by-Nayland] on Friday last, Sir Hugh Nugent, Bart., a pupil of Mr. Wordsworth, of Gifford's Hall, meeting with his death by a gun accident. It seem that the deceased gentleman, who was only 18 years of age, went out with another of Mr. Wordsworth's pupils (a young Spaniard named Jourequi), and that the former, in crossing a ditch, was handing his gun to his friend, holding it by the muzzle, when one of the barrels exploded, and the charge entered his side, inflicting a mortal wound. An inquest was held at Mr. Wordsworth's house on the following day, before J. Greene, Esq., Deputy Coroner, and Adolphus O'Ryan, Gent., of Stoke-by-Nayland, having been sworn to interpret, the following evidence was given:-
	Nicholas Jourequi deposed: I am a Spaniard, and a pupil of Mr. Wordsworth, staying at his house. Sir Hugh Nugent was also a pupil, and was about 18 years of age. He had a gun of his own - one which he brought with him to this house; it was a double-barrelled gun. He went out with this gun yesterday afternoon, and I went with him. Sir Hugh loaded it just before going out. I had not a gun. We went together to a ditch - there was a pole across the ditch, high above the water. I got over it astride. Sir Hugh had the gun, and I advised him to go round; he was then trying to get over on his chest and hands, moving from left to right. He asked me to take the gun, and held it by the muzzle in handing it to me. I think the stock of the gun touched the wood - one barrel immediately went off, and wounded Sir Hugh in the right side, I was on the pole at the time. Sir Hugh immediately fell, with his feet in the ditch and his body on the bank from which he was starting. He said nothing - only made an exclamation, "Oh!' I asked him if he could walk with me: he said "No". I tried to help him to get up - he said he could not. I then went for assistance, and asked some workmen to help. As speedily as possible a cart was brought and he was put into it, but he died just before arriving at the house. I did not hear him say anything as he came along. The other barrel of the gun was loaded. There was no rail below the pole on which the feet could rest.
	Mr. Thomas Harold Fenn, surgeon, of Nayland, deposed: About four o'clock yesterday afternoon I saw the deceased, who was then dead, at Mr. Wordsworth's house (Gifford's Hall). I examined the wound, a gunshot wound; it was on the right side, penetrating between the 8th and 9th ribs. The charge passed through the whole length of the liver and lodged in the spine. It was a hopelessly mortal wound - he could not have lived more than a few minutes after receiving it. The wound is just at the side, and nearly horizontal.
	The Jury returned a verdict, of "Accidental Death".

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