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.